How to Use encroach in a Sentence

encroach

verb
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  • The suburbs encroach further into the rural areas each year.
  • Hindus claimed the herders were encroaching on their lands.
    — Fox News, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Great fissures have appeared in the earth, and the ocean is encroaching on the lowlands.
    — sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Tate, who encroached on the Heisman Trophy race as a sophomore last season, is coming along as an all-around quarterback.
    — Michael Lev, azcentral, 14 Apr. 2018
  • Open grassland areas are becoming more and more rare in Connecticut, lost to development or the encroaching woodlands.
    — Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The expansion will take up about 30 percent more land but will remain on wastewater property and will not encroach on Leawood City Park.
    — Lynn Horsley, kansascity, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Many of the opposition members set fire to their cars and belongings to prevent them falling into the hands of the pro-government militias that were encroaching into the rebel neighborhoods.
    — Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2018
  • But Venice is not alone in confronting how to hold back the encroaching sea.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Trees that had been encroaching on the wetlands were felled.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The Padres, for one, didn’t want the Chargers encroaching on their downtown turf.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
  • That’s allowed the ocean to encroach upon the shoreline.
    — Eric Roston, Bloomberg.com, 11 Oct. 2020
  • Much of the city, however, will stay safe from the encroaching sea.
    — Allegra Kirkland, Quartz, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Grass encroaches on the streets and abandoned cars sit in empty plots of land.
    — Lavendrick Smith, Dallas News, 22 July 2019
  • The tribe then flourished over time, finding a life in a part of the state not encroached on by Americans.
    — Richard Tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018
  • This standard has even encroached on the genre of fiction, like a stop sign installed in the badlands.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Even creepier than the neighbor who keeps wanting to encroach on her space and ask her out on a date.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
  • In the video, Erman claims the group’s A-frame blind is encroaching on his property line.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Parents of young ones will love that a rear-facing car seat doesn't encroach on front-seat space.
    — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 28 Dec. 2021
  • The kids didn't make the decision to encroach upon parents' rights.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Part of the concern is that pigs are encroaching from Canada.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Barrick’s drums still boom louder than the march of an encroaching army.
    — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
  • She was informed that her hedge was encroaching on the sidewalk and that trees needed to be trimmed.
    — Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • As cool outflow surged ahead of the encroaching storms, strong winds kicked up a curtain of dust high into the sky.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 10 July 2018
  • The results-centric nature of sports, says Fleg, can encroach on dance as an art form.
    — Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Across the northerly state, glaciers have melted, ground has thawed, and sea ice-free waters have begun to encroach on shores.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2020
  • And in recent decades, cities have been encroaching more and more on the wilderness, putting them literally in the line of fire.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 14 June 2019
  • If the planet reaches 3 degrees, the high-tide line could encroach above land where more than 800 million people live, the study finds.
    — John Keefe and Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 12 Oct. 2021
  • By clearing forests and grasslands to erect buildings, roads and farms, humans have encroached on the ecosystems in which birds thrive.
    — NBC News, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Fires kill off invasive species and stop trees from encroaching on the habitat.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Beth purchases a new ranch for herself and Rip, located 40 miles west of Dillon, Montana—far removed from airports, tourists, and land developers who might encroach on their peace.
    — Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024

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