How to use "blockade" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "blockade" in popular movie and book plots

  • However the French fleet escapes Nelson's blockade anyway and Jonathan is abandoned by his syndicate members.  - Lloyd's of London (film)
  • When the killer's hideout is found, Seattle police and the FBI blockade the area before Malloy arrives.  - D-Tox
  • As dusk falls, he follows a valuable blockade runner into port, pretending to be the Flame.  - Lord Hornblower
  • When the British find out that the refugees are in a ship in the harbor of Famagusta, they blockade it.  - Exodus (1960 film)
  • The rebels blockade the bridge over the nearby river, but they lack any artillery or military training.  - Anandamath
  • The squadron's mission is to help enforce the British blockade against Napoleonic France.  - Captain Horatio Hornblower
  • The Confederation imposes a 30-year blockade around Omuta, and executes its government.  - The Reality Dysfunction
  • The voyage home is enlivened by a chase of the privateer Spartan, which slips away in fog through the blockade to Brest.  - The Reverse of the Medal
  • Aubrey gets a stint on HMS Worcester for Toulon blockade duty.  - The Ionian Mission
  • However, a Mediator comes up with a third option: a blockade of the system's only Alderson exit point.  - The Mote in God's Eye
  • The three of them evade the military blockade that guards the Zone, attracting gunfire from the guards but all survive.  - Stalker (1979 film)
  • Merrol in the Aldebaran system is the only Federal planet that is in open rebellion, but it is under permanent blockade by the Bureau.  - Escape Velocity Nova
  • When the demand is rejected, the Chinese blockade the gunboat.  - The Sand Pebbles (film)
  • During the blockade operation, Roger becomes reckless and is bitten by the zombies.  - Dawn of the Dead (1978 film)
  • As a result, the Soviets blockade West Berlin.  - The Day After
  • Although Rhett believes the war is a lost cause, he is blockade running for profit.  - Gone with the Wind (novel)

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