Sentence examples for entrenched himself from inspiring English sources

"Brett has entrenched himself," Mr. Rollins said.

American officials have announced an arrest warrant for Mr. Sadr, who had entrenched himself in his hometown, Kufa, in southern Iraq, last weekend, then disappeared.

Mr. Gbagbo had the results quickly invalidated by a state body under his control, and has entrenched himself in the presidential palace downtown even as Western nations and African neighbors have insisted that he give up power.

The Kuala Lumpur Games was where it all began as the Aussie wunderkind claimed four gold medals and entrenched himself in a level of superstardom that endures, chafing on Thorpe as we now know it to be.

Since he initiated uprisings across the south in the spring, Mr. Sadr has entrenched himself as the most identifiable leader of armed resistance to the Americans and as a challenger to lead Iraq's majority Shiite population.

But Broad entrenched himself, overcoming a nervy start and surviving one close lbw call, a thin edge saving him as he was knocked off his feet by a yorker, but his bat handle jamming itself into his neck as he fell.

Howard gained office with a slim majority in 1996 and managed to get himself entrenched there until 2007, when he was ousted from power and his own seat.

And while Ardi has since kicked the habit, he has not given up vice altogether, finding himself entrenched in a full-on food addiction.

To broaden his appeal to African-Americans, Mr. Obama had to assiduously court older black leaders entrenched in Chicago's ward politics while selling himself as a young, multicultural bridge to the wider political world.

Another prominent economic decision maker in the new government will be the incoming deputy prime minister Wang Yang, a former party secretary of Guangdong Province in southern China who cast himself as a reformer willing to challenge entrenched privilege.

Putin's support for Assad seems entrenched: "I believe that President Assad's army and he himself are our natural allies in fighting terrorism," he said.