encroach
verb (used without object)
to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; make gradual inroads.
has encroached
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present perfectof encroach (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The blaze has encroached on 15 groves of giant sequoias, Christy Brigham, chief of resources management and science for the parks, said in early October.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
Anonymity comes for us all soon enough, but it has encroached with mystifying speed upon the French writer Hervé Guibert, who died at 36 in 1991.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2020
Sen. Thune also discussed how social media has encroached into the legislative process.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 7, 2020
In Melbourne, suburban sprawl has encroached on kangaroo habitats.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2018
Still the great old houses remain, with mahogany stairways, carved wainscoting, and painted tiles; the sea has encroached upon their gardens, and only boats like mine approach where English dukes and French courtiers once landed.
From Oldport Days by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
