intrench

Example Sentences

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However the intruders are admitted, when once inside they intrench themselves behind furniture or stores, and are difficult to dislodge.

From House Rats and Mice Farmers' Bulletin 896 by Lantz, David E.

The prince intends to intrench himself at Suhovola or Yanov and receive battle.

From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

On the 1st of July, Burgoyne encamped four miles north of Ticonderoga, and began to intrench and to throw a boom across the lake.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington

Ah, word of no meaning, behind whose vast latitude of mere sound we intrench our ignorance of so much of the spiritual!

From The Best Psychic Stories by Various

Instead of pursuing his advantage, General Lovell took a position within seven hundred and fifty yards of the enemy's works, and began to intrench.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams