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.
have trenched
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present perfectof trench.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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“Areas that they may have trenched out and are working in could fill in with not just water but with more debris,” Fugate said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2021
So rapidly does the mass of bygone patent records accumulate, that almost any kind of claim based upon very wide foundations will be found to have trenched upon ground already in some degree taken up.
From Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast by Sutherland, George
It is curious to observe that we to-night have trenched on the very ground Crookes trod.
From The Tyranny of the Dark by Garland, Hamlin
That the flower in question should have been thornless, as well as so very fine and large, would surely have trenched on injustice to herself.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas
His celebrity seems not to have trenched a step on the nature of his character.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker
