was entrenching
- past progressive of entrench.
Example Sentences
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Lee's army had reached the Potomac, and not being able to cross by reason of the high water, was entrenching on the north side.
From Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War by Kidd, James Harvey
The main body of the British army, under the immediate command of General Howe, was entrenching itself strongly on Bunker's hill.
From The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by Marshall, John
Mouquet Farm was ours, and a line of Australian infantry was entrenching itself far ahead of it.
From Letters from France by Bean, C. E. W. (Charles Edwin Woodrow)
Several officers declared they had heard that Wolfe was entrenching, but that his right brigade had not yet had time to march on to the field.
From The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolf by Wrong, George McKinnon
