trenches

British  

/ ˈtrɛntʃɪz /

plural noun

1. a system of excavations used for the protection of troops, esp those ( the Trenches ) used at the front line in World War I

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Example Sentences

“It’s something that we’ve been at, in the trenches, for months. We started preparations around seven or eight months ago and once you decide to go public, that’s the goal.”

From Barron's

A massive billboard on display in northern Tehran shows Khamenei in his clerical robes standing in trenches, pointing at missiles being fired in the distance and surrounded by officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

From The Wall Street Journal

Meanwhile, he and others relegated Huerta to sidekick status, both in the trenches and in the public — and the image makers followed his lead.

From Los Angeles Times

I was on potato detail, one of a crew hauling baskets of potatoes to long trenches to be covered with dirt against the freezing weather ahead.

From Literature

But really he was referring to the lines of soldiers, the trenches tracing along the front.

From Literature

Related Words

• dike
• foxhole
• gorge
• gully
• moat
• pit
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