INROAD in a Sentence

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Nest has made quick inroads in the consumer market by adding wireless intelligence to thermostats and other "dumb" devices.

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 Meanings and Examples of INROAD
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
inroad
 n.  entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment
Classic Sentence:
1  I learnt so much from himself in an inroad I once, despite his reserve, had the daring to make on his confidence.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
2  Ay, Montcalm has raked the woods for his inroad, and a whooping, murdering set of varlets has he gathered together.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21
3  Unhampered by matrimony or widowhood, they made vast inroads on the convalescents, and even the least attractive girls, Scarlett observed gloomily, had no difficulty in getting engaged.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
4  He could tell of consumption making inroads on entire families and of pellagra, once found only among poor whites, which was now appearing in Atlanta's best families.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
5  The havoc that months had previously wrought was now emulated by the inroads of hours.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
6  My journey had been my own suggestion, and Elizabeth therefore acquiesced, but she was filled with disquiet at the idea of my suffering, away from her, the inroads of misery and grief.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
7  Even the white laborers are not yet intelligent, thrifty, and well trained enough to maintain themselves against the powerful inroads of organized capital.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In IX
Example Sentence:
1  I learnt so much from him in an inroad I once, despite his reserve, had the daring to make on his confidence.
2  Video is making huge inroads into attendance figures at movie theaters.
3  The candidate made surprising inroads in the South.
4  Hospital bills had made deep inroads into her savings.
5  Nest has made quick inroads in the consumer market by adding wireless intelligence to thermostats and other "dumb" devices.