trench
noun
a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
had trenched
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past perfectof trench.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He was riding leaning forward heavily; and the dust had trenched deep fatigue lines in the hollow beneath his eyes and from the nostrils to the mouth.
From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
"There is not a year between them, I have heard my father say," answered Judson, with a prim consciousness of the delicate subject they had trenched upon; "not that I know of myself."
From The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
Darby was just kindling his fire: a merry-making overnight had trenched upon morning duties, and daylight found him still stretched on his pallet.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John
Harley had trenched upon his particular territory, and I knew that if Colin Camber had actually killed Colonel Menendez, then it had been the act of a maniac.
From Bat Wing by Rohmer, Sax
