entrench
verb (used with object)
to place in a position of strength; establish firmly or solidly.
was entrenching
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past progressiveof entrench.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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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 John Marshall
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 George McKinnon Wrong
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 James Harvey Kidd
Mouquet Farm was ours, and a line of Australian infantry was entrenching itself far ahead of it.
From Letters from France by C. E. W. (Charles Edwin Woodrow) Bean
