intrench
Example Sentences
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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 Washington Irving
Did he at all intrench upon your Sovereignty in Verse, because he had now and then written a Comedy that succeeded?
From A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope by Colley Cibber
I wish I could see them begin to intrench themselves, but there is no sign of it.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by H.C. Adams
Seymour had advanced, contrary to the orders given him by General Gillmore, from Baldwin's Station, where he was instructed to intrench and await orders.
From The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War by Joseph T. (Joseph Thomas) Wilson
Under the attack of superior forces, the Americans had managed to hold their ground and they now began to intrench.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Charles Morris
