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