intrench
Example Sentences
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Here, immediately after fixing their plan, they began to intrench and fortify the ground they occupied, and made all the dispositions which troops usually do who halt for the night.
From History of the Buccaneers of America by Burney, James
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
Lee consequently halted and began to intrench; and this delay gave time for Ord to come up, and enabled Sheridan to intercept the enemy at Sailor’s Creek.
From The Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry in the Closing Scenes of the War for the Maintenance of the Union, from Richmond to Appomatox by Arnold, William B.
He would need to do no more than shout for the waiter to fill up his mug again and intrench himself for the evening.
From Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams by Broun, Heywood
It proceeded to intrench itself in political as well as in financial power.
From History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times by Gustavus, Myers
