wear down
Example Sentences
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The time it took Liverpool to wear down Newcastle over striker Alexander Isak's deal last summer is fresh in the mind.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
But today, as A.I. widgets ooze through every crack of our digital lives, our reflexive outrage at the overreach is starting to wear down.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
And because of L.A.’s moderate climate, the ones here stay the way they are; whereas if you get 18 feet of winter snow, you tend to wear down the diner floor, seats, everything.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
He won’t wear down popular and respected Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch right away—he’ll wait.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
Inside the building, the linoleum-floored hall, unlike the halls of the Mountain View Inn, was a broad smooth highway with no rough carpets to wear down the already thin tires of a little motorcycle.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
