entrench
verb (used with object)
to place in a position of strength; establish firmly or solidly.
has entrenched
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present perfectof entrench (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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Now entering his third full season in the big leagues, Gilbert has entrenched himself as one of the game’s premier starting pitchers.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2024
Though Wagner's success against a powerful rebel coalition in the CAR has entrenched public support there.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2023
But the group also represents a wide swath of Lebanon’s population, and has entrenched itself in the country’s social fabric ever since its beginnings in the Lebanese civil war in the ’80s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2019
Yet it is that obvious inconsistency that has entrenched the Jets as buyers in the quarterback market come draft time.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2014
Then we may discover that the resistance has entrenched itself in the doubts of the compulsion neurosis itself and in this position is able successfully to resist our efforts.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
