How to Use the trenches in a Sentence

the trenches

plural noun

• The gutter, the trenches, the dirt, the slime, the scum.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2024
• Like in the trenches, morale at the medic base was low.
  — Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2024
• Is Chase Young holding up his end of the bargain in the trenches?
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
• But the former Buckeyes star is more than just a weapon in the trenches.
  — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
• But those who still work in the trenches of daytime want to see that cycle come to an end.
  — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2023
• Jaylen Harrell also looks at it as a good-on-good matchup, as the two teams’ strengths lie in the trenches.
  — Andrés Soto, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
• Snow, rain, wind and war crumble the trenches and bunkers that help keep soldiers alive in this war.
  — Tyler Hicks, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
• But that bit of reasonableness is buried now in the dirt of the trenches your kids have both dug.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
• But Kristie was really the one in the trenches every day.
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2024
• But any high school football coach knows titles start in the trenches.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2023
• In order to right the ship, McNary coaches want to see more success in the trenches.
  — Shane Hoffmann | , oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2023
• Now Philadelphia pivots to the other side of the ball but stays in the trenches.
  — Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2023
• Those of us working in the trenches on these issues knew better.
  — Nathan Benefield, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
• After three years as the nation’s top offensive line, the Wolverines will have to reload in the trenches.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
• This team has a new roster, a new staff and a desire to play a throwback brand of Saban ball where games are won in the trenches.
  — USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• The Warriors had more size in the trenches but were unable to exploit it to their advantage.
  — Richard J, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
• Jalen Hurts will maintain his momentum from last season, and the Eagles will own the game in the trenches.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• Defectors say the army has called up retirees, who are fighting in the trenches.
  — Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
• Jones certainly has the right mindset to play the gritty position deep in the trenches that not many in the league can do.
  — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
• One Ukrainian unit spent 21 days in the trenches, at what the Ukrainians call zero line, without a break, Shuryk said.
  — Vladyslav Golovin Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 25 May 2024
• In a good year, a single worker could send close to 3 million tins out into the world, whether up the coast to Bergen or to the trenches along the Western Front.
  — Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 24 Aug. 2023
• The slanted sides of the trenches suggest ancient ruins, but also the I-15.
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• Yes, the nascent VC industry had its eyes on big prizes—but those in the trenches had an innocence then that is now lost.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2024
• And when Tyler Buchner and Ty Simpson checked in, the trenches kept churning.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 3 Sep. 2023
• With Corbett getting the first shot at starting center, Christensen had to find his place in the trenches.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2024
• A year in the trenches has hardened Ukraine’s president That may impact the state of play on the ground, as new springtime battles loom.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2023
• Ryan Poles didn’t get any difference makers in the trenches in free agency, and at No. 9, there’s a slight chance for one but both sides of the ball need many more.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
• To reach the trenches, Ukrainian soldiers walk spread out, keeping 20 yards or so between them, lest a shell by chance hit a large group.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2023
• Gardner, on the other hand, was more in the trenches of the production during their first go-round as head of drama for BBC Wales.
  — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
• The Step Pyramid contains a vertical shaft about 28 m (92 ft) tall, connected by a long pipe to the trenches.
  — Michael Irving, New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024