Whilst I was writing I heard her step coming up the stairs, and laying aside my diary, I quickly took a letter which I had begun from my portfolio, and Intrenched myself behind it, determined to defend myself to the last drop of ink.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse
Page 127: "He who carries the gospel to them encounters depravity, Intrenched in ignorance, both real and pretended.
"Slavery and the Constitution"
William Ingersoll Bowditch
He was securely Intrenched within himself, an unfurnished habitation, but the citadel of a king.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry