entrench
verb (used with object)
to place in a position of strength; establish firmly or solidly.
had entrenched
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past perfectof entrench.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The company had entrenched itself so far into the U.S. health care apparatus that it could weather the turnover.
From Slate ● May 14, 2025
They sought to find a solution for the powerlessness, stemming from the history of colonization, that had entrenched disadvantage in their communities.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
“And far from that spurious claim that I had entrenched sympathies because of my sister’s experiences, it was the opposite: I was the guy telling her to shut up.”
From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2019
The site had trialled displaying a red warning icon next to articles that fact checkers had identified as false, but later said it found this approach had "entrenched deeply held beliefs".
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2018
At the village of Troyon a captain and two subalterns and 160 men of the Northamptons had entrenched themselves by the roadside some distance ahead of the main body.
From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Ernest W. Hamilton
