This resulted in the surrounding householders encroaching upon this land by extending their gardens. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
You must not, however, encroach on the larboard side. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
Seminoles care was taken not to encroach on the rights of Spain. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
This puts pressure on farmers to encroach on the habitat of the tigers. From Wordnik.com. [Tigers and Economies] Reference
One way to stir up trouble is simply to encroach on a microbe's habitat. From Wordnik.com. [Outbreak Of Fear] Reference
Sea still whips outer reaches of land in its attempt to encroach further. From Wordnik.com. [NATURAE] Reference
He did not intend to permit the others to encroach on any of his territory. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: Adventures on Strange Islands] Reference
Association would encroach upon a person's job as it is set up at the present time. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
One branch of the government cannot encroach on the domain of another without danger. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921] Reference
Abbas is the first Palestinian leader in 34 years to seriously encroach on Arafat's power. From Wordnik.com. [Now, The 'Un-Arafat'] Reference
Trees began to grow upon the sand and gradually to encroach upon the barren wastes about Cinder. From Wordnik.com. [The Western United States A Geographical Reader] Reference
Upon their rights or the exercise of them the General Government can have no motive to encroach. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
To encroach upon their authorities and responsibilities would be an encroachment upon the rights of the States. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
Note that you're within your right to cut back from a neighbor's tree branches that encroach onto your property. From Wordnik.com. [Q&A: Who's responsible when my neighbor's tree falls on my roof?] Reference
They should not lie over the top of the seat or bulge over into the adjoining seats to encroach upon other people. From Wordnik.com. [Etiquette] Reference
To pursue the subject further would be to encroach upon the domain of formal rhetoric and would be out of place here. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of English Versification] Reference
"Polyeuctes" was that it made the stage encroach on the prerogative of the pulpit, and preach instead of simply amusing. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
The question, however, does not depend upon the degree in which these several forms may encroach upon the natural rights of men. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
These considerations should allay all apprehension that we are disposed to encroach on the rights or endanger the security of other states. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
The part, a b, girds irregularly, and obstructs the vesical outlet, while the lateral lobes, c d, encroach upon the space of the prostatic canal. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
He was asked not to encroach on the special preserve of the Physiologists and, as he did not pay any heed to the warning, misrepresentations began. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches] Reference
The blood flooded into the girl's face, as turning to her Aunt she said very quietly, but with a dignity which Mrs. Stewart dared not encroach upon. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart at School] Reference
Mr. Pawlenty, by contrast, is challenging uncontroversial parts of the law on the grounds that they burden states and encroach on personal liberties. From Wordnik.com. [Minnesota Balks at Health-Law Funds] Reference
The Federal Government must not encroach upon nor permit local communities to abandon that precious possession of local initiative and responsibility. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
Sometimes the old foundations proved too weak to support a new building, sometimes the new building threatened to encroach on the public thoroughfare. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
The ruling thought of a man's life is not unlikely to shape itself into dreams, the constant thought of the day may encroach on the quiet of the night. From Wordnik.com. [Dawn] Reference
Then the waters of the lake began to encroach upon the houses, and the inhabitants took to flight, the natives carrying away whatever chattels they could. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
But I must not encroach on the domain of our author, a real front line officer, who lived with his men throughout the war under real front line conditions. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry] Reference
For in a period of active railway construction, roads are built whose only excuse for existence is that they will encroach upon the territory of some rival. From Wordnik.com. [Monopolies and the People] Reference
In private, aides liken the Clinton win over Obama to her knocking out his left flank, giving Edwards an opening to encroach on Obama's left-of-center support. From Wordnik.com. [Staying Alive] Reference
He tossed back his head with a gesture he had kept from the days when the crest of raven-black hair had been wont to grow too long and encroach on his forehead. From Wordnik.com. [The Invader A Novel] Reference
Despite a career always threatening to encroach upon his personal life, Clash says he tries his hardest not to take the job — or the puppet — home with him. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Behind the Muppet] Reference
Many acquisitions Mr. Hurd made have brought H-P into the firing line of onetime partners, as giant tech companies increasingly encroach on one another's turfs. From Wordnik.com. [H-P Looks Beyond Its Ranks] Reference
We do not want the sculptor to try to do what the painter can do better, and vice-versa; or the poet to encroach on the domains proper to the musician and painter. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference
Nov. 2 surely will embolden the Pentagon and the intelligence establishment to encroach ever deeper on the nominal authority of a beleaguered and pliable president. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Brenner: America's World] Reference
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