wear away
Example Sentences
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"The Galleria is a living heritage, which can wear away precisely because it is loved and experienced: we take care of it so that it continues to be so," they added.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
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
Let it rip and worry about it after — that was always Shanahan’s reflex, at least until the basic beatdown of NFL football began to wear away at the 42-year-old and kneecap his teams.
From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 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
