trench
Example Sentences
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You can kind of trench your mind into what you must do.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
For a parallel pipe dedicated to natural-gas byproducts, workers blasted a trench across the Arabian Peninsula with 2,000 tons of explosives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
However, let me whip out my beige trench coat and magnifying glass as I tell you: My investigation did uncover some interesting questions about the origins of this salmon.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
But a Tuareg man in a black trench coat approached Sereno's team on a motorcycle, claiming to know where "big bones" lay.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
Even if you’re a kid who speaks Italian and looks like the other kids in town and could carry groceries or dig a trench or something, make mug rugs, I dunno—they won’t let you.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.