All 4 Uses
encroach
in
Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
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- I ignored my truck and started east on foot, angling across Charlie's yard toward the ever-encroaching forest.†
Chpt 7 *encroaching = to gradually take something like control, property, or rights from another
- The forest encroached on both sides, leaving the road ahead only discernible for a few meters as it twisted, serpentlike, around the ancient trees.†
Chpt 15encroached = gradually took another's rights or property
- We certainly won't encroach on your territory.†
Chpt 18
- The lights inside were bright, but they did little to alleviate the blackness of the encroaching forest.†
Chpt 19encroaching = to gradually take something like control, property, or rights from another
Definitions:
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(1)
(encroach) to gradually take something like control, property, or rights from another
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)