entrench
verb (used with object)
to place in a position of strength; establish firmly or solidly.
are entrenching
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present progressiveof entrench.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Even now we are entrenching ourselves to the rear.
From The Children of France A Book of Stories of the Heroism and Self-sacrifice of Youthful Patriots of France During the Great War by Ruth Royce
The enemy, I am informed, are entrenching southward, and from the heights near Howard's.
From The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn by Henry P. Johnston
