Both Uses of
inroads
in
Gone with the Wind
- Unhampered by matrimony or widowhood, they made vast inroads on the convalescents, and even the least attractive girls, Scarlett observed gloomily, had no difficulty in getting engaged.†
Chpt 2.8 *
- He could tell of consumption making inroads on entire families and of pellagra, once found only among poor whites, which was now appearing in Atlanta's best families.†
Chpt 4.37
Definitions:
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(1)
(inroads) progress toward achieving a goal
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely inroad is used in the singular form to reference an invasion or hostile attack.