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Example sentences for "encroaches"

Lexicographically close words:
encrese; encrimsoned; encrinites; encroach; encroached; encroaching; encroachment; encroachments; encrusted; encrusting
  1. By virtue of the community of the lip-zone the repression encroaches upon the impulse of nourishment.

  2. The connection with the normal is occasioned by the psychologically necessary overestimation of the sexual object, which inevitably encroaches upon everything associatively related to it (sexual object).

  3. Although the sea throws up large quantities of sand on flat lee-shores, there are, as we have seen, many cases where it continually encroaches on those same shores and washes them away.

  4. The seducer encroaches upon a right of which he is most jealous, and with regard to which his passions are most easily inflamed.

  5. Where the clan-bond is very strong it encroaches upon the family feeling, and where it is loosened the family gains.

  6. When the pancreas becomes enlarged it encroaches upon the neighboring blood-vessels and viscera, interferes with their functions, and thus produces prominent symptoms.

  7. With the increase of the hydatid tumor, usually of very slow growth, it encroaches upon the surrounding parts, and if these are not displaced they become disorganized and atrophied.

  8. Although the sea throws up large quantities of sand on flat lee-shores, there are many cases where it continually encroaches on those same shores and washes them away.

  9. The Veddah, for example, who encroaches upon the territory belonging to a group other than his own, is in no less danger of falling a victim to an arrow shot from an ambush than is the one who trespasses on marriage ties.

  10. When it encroaches upon the posterior triangle the scalene muscles are attached to it, and the subclavian artery and the lower trunk and medial cord of the brachial plexus pass over it in a groove behind the scalenus anterior.

  11. State encroaches too deeply and too violently on the rights of the individual, and, in addition to the necessary sacrifices of strength and time, exacts from him such as he cannot undergo without destructive loss of self-esteem, viz.

  12. The insignificant pageantry of their court becomes every day more brilliant; and the expense of it not only prevents accumulation, but frequently encroaches upon the funds destined for more necessary expenses.

  13. The prodigal perverts it in this manner: By not confining his expense within his income, he encroaches upon his capital.

  14. The expense of the society, in this case, exceeds its revenue, and necessarily encroaches upon its capital.

  15. No sooner, however, is the whole circle red than the edge begins to be blue, and the blue gradually encroaches inwards on the red.

  16. This darker edge again slowly encroaches on the blue till the whole circle appears colourless.

  17. At ploughing time he continually encroaches upon his neighbours' lands, and if they question him on the matter his mouth pours forth a torrent of evil words and he reviles them without ceasing.

  18. He is not interfered with so long as he encroaches on nobody's rights, but all the villagers constitute an informal band of amateur detectives for the purpose of keeping an eye on his movements and ascertaining his intentions.

  19. A portion of the great circle A has been washed away by the river, which here encroaches upon the second terrace.

  20. Being in close contact with the bladder, when it enlarges it encroaches on the bladder, pressing on it, and it has the effect of interfering with the function of urination.

  21. Whatever diminishes the general strength, impairs the health, or encroaches upon the functions of life, also hinders the perfect solution of food and disturbs in a measure the function of digestion.

  22. He who encroaches shall pay twofold the amount of the injury; of all such matters the wardens of the country shall be the judges, in lesser cases the officers, and in greater the whole number of them belonging to any one division.

  23. This opening is but small, and swelling of the surrounding tissues readily encroaches upon it, and soon causes difficulty of breathing.

  24. The present[74] plural form -s, encroaches upon the form in -n.

  25. With good management," said the first Napoleon, "the Nile encroaches upon the desert, with bad management the desert encroaches upon the Nile.

  26. The flat land, when first upraised, must have been more extensive than now, for the sea encroaches somewhat rapidly, both to the north and southeast of Puzzuoli.

  27. The white circle denotes the disc of the sun; the planet encroaches on the white surface, and at first is like a bite out of the sun's margin.


  28. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "encroaches" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.