How to Use entrench in a Sentence

entrench

verb
  • The regime has had time to entrench.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The two sides are deeply entrenched.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Texas was still entrenched in the Big 12.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The heat dome is firmly entrenched over our part of the nation.
    — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 25 July 2023
  • He’s entrenched atop the order and in right field for the fifth time in the last six games.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2026
  • Everyone will be entrenched in their own point of view and their own ideas.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 15 May 2026
  • The left guard spot seems all but sewn up with Vorhees firmly entrenched.
    — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Some people will be entrenched in their views, and logic has left the room.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
  • On the other hand, there are those whose habits have become entrenched.
    — Andrew Rosen, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Jeremy Peña is entrenched at short.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • That trope — the hero armed with hardware — is entrenched in pop culture.
    — Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Safe to say Kupp was firmly entrenched on one side of that debate.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Safe to say Kupp was firmly entrenched on one side of that debate.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Since then, the dispute has become entrenched.
    — Amanda Castro hannah Parry khaleda Rahman shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • They were entrenched in artist development and were damn good at it.
    — Karen Bliss, Billboard, 4 June 2019
  • There are lot more folks who are entrenched in their own little lien-tos in the woods, Thall said.
    — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Each member plays a role, and those roles often become deeply entrenched over time.
    — Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • The move comes after three of its charter schools were found to have been entrenched in scandal.
    — Bella Ross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2019
  • More often than not, Paige’s fame would be the draw for any game and entrench him as the starter.
    — Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
  • Win the fifth starter job and entrench himself in the rotation.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Part of what makes fans so entrenched in sports is the unpredictability of it all.
    — Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • They were intended to entrench the rule of the party in power.
    — Gideon Cohn-Postar, The Conversation, 1 Nov. 2019
  • But Black’s hard work has entrenched her into a career as a sports leader.
    — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 7 Feb. 2024
  • And that spot is where the flag is entrenched, along with a historical marker.
    — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 27 June 2017
  • The republic hadn’t been well entrenched, hence its weakness.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
  • They are entrenched in the villages and their rockets are hidden inside their homes.
    — Ruth Marks Eglash, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Elections under a regime such as the one entrenched in Tehran are neither free nor fair.
    — Jason Rezaian, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
  • The six sitting head coaches are either too new or entrenched through success.
    — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Its metrics and win profile are all firmly entrenched around the cutline.
    — Jim Root, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The Houthis, firmly entrenched in Yemen, show no signs of backing down.
    — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024

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