Sentence examples for encroaching into from inspiring English sources

The phrase "encroaching into" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where something is slowly and steadily moving into a place or territory where it does not belong or is not welcome. Example: The growing city was encroaching into the surrounding farmland, causing concern for farmers who worried about losing their land to development.

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We were encroaching into their end of the stadium.

A long winter drought was now encroaching into summer.

Five hours later, the water was now encroaching into the westbound lanes of I-10.

When these patches dissolve, they do so by petering out into blankness, or by encroaching into one another like mingling flocks.

Despite concerns about deforestation and environmental impacts, there is plenty of room to continue expanding production in the region without encroaching into rainforests or high conservation value regions.

In some cases the outline has started to become fuzzy now, with the tiny plants encroaching into the space of the ever-shrinking human remains.

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Miller encroached into the troubling terrain of overfamiliarity.

The present territory was consolidated during the 19th and 20th centuries as European powers encroached into Ethiopia's historical domain.

The Turkish kingdom at Delhi encroached into Bundelkhand, but the Candellas survived until the 16th century as minor chieftains.

Last year when the militants encroached into Buner, killing policemen, the local people fought back and forced the militants out.

"The more we encroach into their territory, the more this will happen," said Dr Joanna Sumner, a herpetologist at Museum Victoria.

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