Example Sentences

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A staple of any urban transformation is the inevitable clash of old vs. new, the indigenous and the encroacher, the longtime merchants accustomed to a certain culture and the developers driving the change.

From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2015

Today, the one notable encroacher on the park's priceless real estate is the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

From Time Magazine Archive

She usually chills the encroacher with a fixed, glassy stare, but sometimes she first tolerates, then welcomes his attentions.

From Time Magazine Archive

Love is an encroacher, says he: loves never goes backward.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 by Richardson, Samuel

I see what sort of a man the encroacher is.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 by Richardson, Samuel