We moved back from the encroaching tide. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used without object) : A dictatorship of the majority is encroaching on the rights of the individual. From Dictionary.com.
To him the idea of encroaching upon the ancestral acres of a von. From Wordnik.com. [Bucholz and the Detectives] Reference
And this is one of the real issues that will face the next papacy, and that is, the kind of encroaching secularism of the West. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 2, 2005] Reference
The lawyer who was 'encroaching' the acoustic space of the judiciary was asked to lower his voice. From Wordnik.com. [Kafila] Reference
I anticipate that one reply would be that such a militia would protect state's rights against an "encroaching" federal government. From Wordnik.com. [Tifton Gazette Homepage] Reference
Of course Chen has been "pushing for", with an 'encroaching' babay-step tactic. you have to admit at least Rickards is technically correct. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Rickards at WaPo on anti-Chen protests] Reference
I am adapting rather well to encroaching geezerhood. From Wordnik.com. [I'M EMBRACING MY INNER CURMUDGEON] Reference
So, staving off encroaching insanity, I began seeing a psychoanalyst. From Wordnik.com. [An American In Berlin] Reference
But ultimately, it's a defense against men encroaching upon her autonomy. From Wordnik.com. [Janet Turley: Desire and Expectations: Mad Men Episode 2] Reference
Blame, or thank, the Internet and Moore's law for all this turf-encroaching. From Wordnik.com. [Clash Of The U.S. Tech Billionaires] Reference
The poems are pervaded by an awareness of mortality, of encroaching darkness. From Wordnik.com. ["Human Chain," a new collection of poetry by Seamus Heaney] Reference
Evelyn thought the encroaching apartment blocks looked like Styrofoam cutouts. From Wordnik.com. [The Museum] Reference
For no particular reason, the sense of encroaching doom was especially powerful that night. From Wordnik.com. ['An Interior Pain That Is All But Indescribable'] Reference
By last year the tiny farming town was worried about river pollution and encroaching strip malls. From Wordnik.com. [Simcity, Real Life] Reference
It's the last thing you'd think most suburban towns would be worrying about: encroaching affluence. From Wordnik.com. [Here Come The Joneses] Reference
The issue — species being threatened by encroaching human development — is nothing new, of course. From Wordnik.com. [Birds vs. Environmentalists?] Reference
The Pataxo, a nomadic people, have spent centuries fleeing enemy tribes and encroaching white settlers. From Wordnik.com. [Not As Green As They Seem] Reference
DAVID GREENE, host: The State of Louisiana wants to protect its fragile marshes from this encroaching oil. From Wordnik.com. [Louisiana Argues Over Who Pays For Sandbars] Reference
She rubbed her forehead with her left hand to chase off the encroaching headache, and went back into the den. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Incarnations and One Thousand Deaths - Part I] Reference
They kept encroaching so I went and stood at the side of the wall to restrain them with my physical presence. From Wordnik.com. [I should have shown Nigel de Jong a red card, says Howard Webb] Reference
Last winter, however, storms breached the bulkhead that keeps the water from encroaching on my mother's house. From Wordnik.com. [When Protecting Wildlife Gets Personal] Reference
McCain's puckish charm also fits well with the entertainment culture that is increasingly encroaching on politics. From Wordnik.com. [A Very Human Hero] Reference
With his palms and knees and even his face, he felt each individual step, the solid quake of an encroaching giant. From Wordnik.com. [Song of the Needle] Reference
Yet you say in your book that "the relentlessly encroaching forces of barbarism threaten advertising civilization.". From Wordnik.com. [As Seen On Tv] Reference
Meanwhile, Lomax's wife, Mary Ann (Charlize Theron), is getting sicker and sicker as she senses the encroaching evil. From Wordnik.com. [New York's A Helluva Town] Reference
Wherever Reich lands, the problems in Latin America are fast encroaching on other U.S. priorities in the Persian Gulf. From Wordnik.com. [Diplomatic Diary: Missing In Action] Reference
Some were happy enough to go back to Poland, some would do anything to avoid living under encroaching Soviet communism. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Road Home: The Aftermath of the Second World War by Ben Shephard] Reference
On China's maps, it draws a U-shaped line around almost the entire sea, encroaching on other nations 'continental shelves. From Wordnik.com. [South China Sea Ructions] Reference
The last thing Putin wants to see is another chunk of the old U.S.S.R. disappear down the maw of the ever encroaching West. From Wordnik.com. [PUTIN'S PRATFALL] Reference
The last thing Putin wants to see is another chunk of the old U.S.S.R. disappear into the maw of the ever-encroaching West. From Wordnik.com. [PUTIN TRIPS UP] Reference
The whole country exists under the encroaching shadows of Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, and the prospect of a nuclear Iran. From Wordnik.com. ['Rhymes With Fagin'] Reference
He was gone, and through the light veil of the encroaching mists she could see him shearing his way through the leaden-coloured sea. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
The harpies raged and swirled inside my Escort, and the stand of oak trees encroaching the curve of the road seemed dark and inviting. From Wordnik.com. [Simmer Time] Reference
The global market for natural remedies is growing, while the habitats for such plants are being eaten away by humans encroaching on nature. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
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