Barricading is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Barricading meaning
present participle and gerund of barricade
Using Barricading
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of barricade
- In the example corpus, barricading often appears in combinations such as: barricading himself, barricading the, after barricading.
Context around Barricading
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 13 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Barricading
- In this selection, "barricading" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, security, protesters, effectively, himself, yourself and various stand out and add context to how "barricading" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include throat before barricading himself into and also admitted barricading himself in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "barricading" sits close to words such as abbeys, abundances and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with barricading
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The two southern gates barricading the area are unguarded. (9 words)
In terms of security, barricading has been done outside the police station. (12 words)
He continued: “You’d be barricading yourself against the audience, it was crazy. (13 words)
These attempts of demolitions were “once again thwarted by the women of the family who attempted to inflict physical harm upon themselves and threatened self-immolation after barricading themselves within the premises,” the DDA claimed in the statement. (38 words)
When they arrived at the sprawling, Spanish-style home, officers forced their way in, where they were met by a woman who had survived the gunfire by barricading herself in another room and calling for help, authorities said. (38 words)
Rai called upon all farmer bodies to join the agitation to give a befitting reply to the “unprecedented strictness” and “heavy barricading” imposed by the Haryana government for preventing farmers from marching to the national capital. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
He’s tough, often too tough, and it’s quickly evident that he’s shielded himself from everyone by barricading himself behind a wall of knowledge, cynicism, and alcohol.
In terms of security, barricading has been done outside the police station.
Salazar was arrested Monday morning after barricading himself inside a house for several hours, Luna said.
When the chase transitions to Kate’s perspective, Erin dies if Kate chooses to climb instead of running after barricading the area.
He continued: “You’d be barricading yourself against the audience, it was crazy.
It followed reports of a group of different - student - protesters 'barricading' various entrances to Whitworth Hall over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Jessica was left in a seriously tight spot when her ex, presumably annoyed that his joke had fizzled out, abandoned his tyreless car on her driveway, effectively barricading her inside her home.
Later that night, he again tried to assault her, but luckily she was able to fend him off before barricading her room with a chest of drawers, Catherine said.
Rai called upon all farmer bodies to join the agitation to give a befitting reply to the “unprecedented strictness” and “heavy barricading” imposed by the Haryana government for preventing farmers from marching to the national capital.
Reports indicate the suspect, whose name has not been released at this time, gave himself up within an hour of barricading himself in the apartment.
Students have attended an encampment at the campus since April but the situation escalated at an open day when protesters took over the WMG ( Manufacturing Group's International Digital Laboratory by 'barricading' the entrance and exits'.
These attempts of demolitions were “once again thwarted by the women of the family who attempted to inflict physical harm upon themselves and threatened self-immolation after barricading themselves within the premises,” the DDA claimed in the statement.
The two southern gates barricading the area are unguarded.
When they arrived at the sprawling, Spanish-style home, officers forced their way in, where they were met by a woman who had survived the gunfire by barricading herself in another room and calling for help, authorities said.
An eight-foot-tall double barricading would be installed in the arenas and collection points for the safety of people.
At the start of the footage, Eva tugged on the steel cables barricading the garage.
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He also admitted barricading himself in a flat in Kinloch Street before making violent threats.
Trump over the past few weeks did have “” fencing installed around the White House before the November 3 election, leading many to wonder if he planned on barricading himself in if he lost.
Common combinations with barricading
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- barricading himself 10×
- barricading the 8×
- after barricading 7×
- before barricading 3×
- of barricading 3×
- by barricading 2×
- barricading yourself 2×
- barricading her 2×
- barricading themselves 2×
- and barricading 2×