make inroads

Example Sentences

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It would struggle to make inroads in Bengal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

While AI has improved the return on digital ad spending, Nathanson said Meta’s ability to make inroads beyond consumer-driven end markets is “open for debate.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

What is more worrying than their kicking, is how England have struggled to make inroads into defences via other routes.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

But whether money-market ETFs make inroads into this segment remains to be seen, says Elisabeth Kashner, director of global funds research at FactSet.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

These little entertainments hospitably given for the northern ladies succeeded each other rapidly—so rapidly that Margaret began to fear lest, mild as they were in themselves, they should yet make inroads on Mrs. Rutherford's strength.

From East Angels by Woolson, Constance Fenimore