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Example sentences from the Web for trenchesComedians are in the trenches, the ones that get out of the trenches are ones in trouble. Joan Rivers: Our Last Interview|Tim Teeman|September 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST But it is often in the trenches that the truth is most apparent. The AHA’s Absurd Saturated Fat Obsession|Dr. Barbara H. Roberts|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Soon troops from both sides exited the trenches, met their enemies in peace and even agreed not to fire on one another. Blood and Mud: A French Soldier’s WWI Memoir Vividly Describes Trench Warfare|Marc Wortman|May 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST They fall backwards into trenches, the camera jolting with the concussive force of the explosions. WWII Lies of Hollywood's Greats|Caryn James|February 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the cold, the German and British soldiers climbed out of their trenches at a place called Mons. The Fourth War: My Lunch with a Jihadi|Elliot Ackerman|January 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST To get information before the Somme offensive, the new idea of making daylight raids on the German trenches was adopted. 500 of the Best Cockney War Stories|Various We passed some of the trenches which our boys had taken that morning. Over the top with the 25th|R. Lewis I knew that if they took the trench I was in it would be a bad job for our trenches behind. The Irish at the Front|Michael MacDonagh The trenches in diplomatic warfare must be manned by regular trenchermen. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851.|Various Not a shot was fired by the Canadians, and they quietly crept back, gaining their trenches with comparatively little loss. War's Brighter Side|Julian Ralph.
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pl na system of excavations used for the protection of troops, esp those (the Trenches) used at the front line in World War I Words nearby trenchestrenchant, Trenchard, trench coat, trencher, trencherman, trenches, trench fever, trench foot, trench knife, trench mortar, trench mouth Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to trenchesgully, dike, trough, gorge, moat, pit, foxhole, waterway, rut, canal, cut, excavation, tube, gutter, dugout, hollow, arroyo, drain, sink, drill |