Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: encroaches
IPA transcription: [ɪnkɹ'oʊtʃɪz]
Usage examples
  • "I will, till she encroaches on this concession, and dares to hope for a greater.
  • Moreover, whatever be the opulence which you enjoy, luxury encroaches so much upon it, that no riches are able to satisfy its demands; but fortunately propriety, always in accordance with reason, encourages by this maxim social and sensible women.
  • And it is not difficult to show, by abundant instances, that to extend the bounds of what may be called moral police, until it encroaches on the most unquestionably legitimate liberty of the individual, is one of the most universal of all human propensities.