How to Use erode in a Sentence

erode

verb
  • Crashing waves have eroded the cliffs along the beach.
  • The shoreline has eroded badly.
  • The fastest way to erode that trust is to lie to your employees.
    — Jean Serra, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • But the accuracy of the term has eroded over the years.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025
  • If built, the new route would move about 1.7 miles of the railroad tracks off the edge of the tall, eroding seaside bluffs.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
  • This process will slowly erode these cracks, causing the paths to change over time.
    — Alec Janis, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
  • But over time, that began to erode and burnout increased, Singh said.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2021
  • All that water was rushing down the backside of the brick and eroding away the mortar.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 31 May 2023
  • The fresh salty crust will erode over time, park rangers said on Facebook, but rain will reset the process.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The team relies on him to be a strong two-way presence, but his game has eroded on both ends of the ice.
    — Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • There is anxiety that AI could further erode the number of jobs in the field.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 June 2024
  • Once a rock wears away enough to expose a fossil, the specimen starts to erode with it.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Biggs said one of the first signs of a country's decline is when its boundaries start to erode.
    — Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Ignoring the rules of the road puts us in peril and erodes the fabric of our society.
    — Jerald McNair, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2024
  • Formed by the wind over millions of years, sand dunes grow and shape shift as grains of sand erode and accumulate.
    — Amelia Arvesen, Outside Online, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Topsoil can erode due to strong winds, hard rains and flowing water.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Apr. 2022
  • With each tide, Abdus Satter watches the sea erode a little more of his life.
    — Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2021
  • And yet removing any one of these features would, if just in a small way, erode the bookiness of a book.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Slowly, but surely, the importance of the sweeps began to erode.
    — Brad Adgate, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021
  • New fire dangers put them at risk, and more frequent floods erode the big trees’ footing.
    — Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2024
  • That said, at this point my competence is much eroded by time.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 27 May 2023
  • This can cause trauma and erode your mental health, Brognano says.
    — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 19 Dec. 2022
  • When reefs die, storms systems cut further inland and erode away coastal dwellings.
    — Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2022
  • These tiny bits eroded from larger rocks over millions of years.
    — Brian Darby, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
  • With climate change, rising seas are eroding Hawaii’s coast near homes with cesspools.
    — Audrey McAvoy, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2023
  • Customer service breakdowns and miscues can’t help but erode the work of brand managers and CMOs.
    — Paul Talbot, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • If your brush has a wooden handle, soaking it in vinegar will erode it.
    — Alicia Chilton, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Feb. 2023
  • By the late 1950s, the Stork Club began to erode into irrelevance.
    — Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Yes, the minerals in hard water stains can eventually erode the metal fixtures and scratch the glass and tiles.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 10 May 2025
  • Others have foreshadowed the pain by widening expense ranges, pulling their full-year outlooks or warning price hikes will erode consumer demand.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 May 2025

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