wear away
Example Sentences
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As the sponge is used, small pieces of the foam gradually wear away.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
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
Fruit juices, which contain lots of naturals acids, can also wear away enamel on teeth and a lack of calorie intake can make breath smell different.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2022
The words will wear away over time, but they’ll have been true.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
