VERB
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to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate
The neighbors intrude on your privacy
This new colleague invades my territory
How To Use encroach upon In A Sentence
- We will never allow anybody to encroach upon China's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
- Traditionally men have compartmentalized their lives, never letting their personal lives encroach upon their professional lives.
- He never allows work to encroach upon his family life.
- New housing is starting to encroach upon the surrounding fields.
- The law stipulates that a monument can not interfere or encroach upon an existing memorial.
- We will never allow anybody to encroach upon China's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
- Traditionally men have compartmentalized their lives, never letting their personal lives encroach upon their professional lives.
- The law stipulates that a monument can not interfere or encroach upon an existing memorial.
- The subjects themselves so inosculate, that it would be strange indeed if the writers should not occasionally encroach upon each other's province; but even this, from the variety of argument, and mode of illustration, will be found interesting. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject
- He never allows work to encroach upon his family life.