entrenchment

Example Sentences

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From their entrenchments along the Aisne River, the Germans had advanced northward toward the French ports of Dunkirk and Calais on the English Channel.

From Literature

“There is plenty of middle ground. There is plenty of opportunity. What we are battling is entrenchment,” Albritton said.

From Seattle Times

The constitutional entrenchment of slavery also allowed Marshall to buy and sell slaves.

From Salon

The strikes are part of an escalation of what has been a low-intensity conflict whose goal is to slow down Iran's growing entrenchment in Syria, Israeli and regional military experts say.

From Reuters

He added that Russian entrenchments have frequently been well built.

From New York Times