wear away
Example Sentences
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But just eight weeks later, the edge seal was starting to wear away on the sides.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Everyday habits, from drinking acidic beverages to poor brushing routines, wear away enamel over time.
From Science Daily • Nov. 10, 2025
This leads to uneven properties within rocks, Schwenzer says, so that when the rocks erode to the point they are on the planet’s surface and the wind whips against them, they don’t wear away evenly.
From Scientific American • May 17, 2023
“Historians, and, I’m afraid, doctors,” she told the Guardian in 2020, “underestimate what chronic pain can do to sour the temper and wear away both the personality and the intellect.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2022
Moon Orchid hoped that the summer would wear away while her sister talked, that Brave Orchid would then find autumn too cold for travel.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
