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.
were trenching
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past progressiveof trench.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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When Howe got back to the United States, he found a number of ingenious persons engaged in producing or experimenting in sewing-machines, and some of them were trenching on his own patent rights.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Robert Cochrane
They were trenching here on ground on which she had no intention of venturing farther.
From A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) by Frances Eleanor Trollope
