the trenches

plural noun

: a place or situation in which people do very difficult work

These people are working every day down in the trenches to improve the lives of refugees.

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It’s been 74 years since Montrose claimed a state title, but this year’s Red Hawks have the one thing that travels best: Physicality in the trenches. —

Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2024 Aikman isn’t lying — the Cowboys are bad in the trenches. —

Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 For hundreds of years, merchants have been making tough canvas, twill, and denim trousers for sailors, farmers, and other laborers—and making those pants to endure the tough conditions of the trenches: Jeans. —

Simon Mainwaring, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 The composer additionally asked Hans Johannsson, Hansson’s father, who made her normal cello, to build what’s called a trench cello, which the soldiers used to play in the trenches of the First World War. —

Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the trenches