How to Use erase in a Sentence

erase

verb

• You can erase the tape and use it again.
• I erased the chalk marks from the blackboard.
• The recording can be erased and the tape used again.
• She erased the wrong answer from her paper and filled in the correct one.
• Several important files were accidentally erased.
• The Patriots erased deficits of 1-0 in the fourth and 4-2 in the sixth.
  — Skip Vaughn, al, 5 May 2023
• Blistered in the tandoor, the fluffy naan helps erase the last of any sauce.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 13 May 2022
• The result is that the U.S. dollar has erased most of its gains on the year.
  — David Hodari, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
• The drop has erased all of the billionaire’s wealth gains this year.
  — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 21 Nov. 2024
• No number of awards can erase the love of a good burger.
  — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2024
• But to end the pregnancy of the child is not going to erase the wounds or those scars.
  — cleveland, 1 July 2022
• But the storm isn’t seen as big enough to erase San Diego’s growing rain deficit.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2022
• But New York erased the deficit with a big third quarter, outscoring the Lynx 20-10.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2024
• And that was kind of going to be the metaphor of eclipse, [that] their chance in this lifetime had been erased.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
• The strategy paid off in the bottom of the third, when the Wildcats scored three runs to erase a 3-0 deficit.
  — Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2022
• Izzo’s only goal of the night, off a feed from Kennedy Ziegler, helped the Bulls erase a 10-goal deficit in the first half.
  — Craig Clary, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2022
• One dud doesn’t erase the good performances Young has put on tape over the past month.
  — Joseph Person, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
• The washout has the index on track to erase its big rally from a day before.
  — Damian J. Troise, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2022
• The Cavs were eager to get back on the court and erase the memories from Monday night.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2022
• Here’s how to see (and erase) everything Google tracks.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
• Levis will want to erase all copies of this game from existence.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 30 Oct. 2022
• The need for change, and the causes of it, are not erased by a single, thrilling performance.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 3 May 2024
• Three-down after 11 holes, Ly birdied four of the next five holes, winning all four, to erase the deficit.
  — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2023
• The one thing the incoming chefs couldn’t erase on the menu was the Tabard’s doughnut, a longtime staple on the brunch menu.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
• The set comes with two special white pens that either erase the color or change it to a lighter one.
  — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 18 Nov. 2022
• The Warren man demanded that the Berea man erase the photo.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 30 June 2022
• If there was any doubt about the Bears’ plan for the backup quarterback, that has been erased.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2024
• Every year of work there erases one year of the debt covered by their award.
  — Michelle Andrews, CBS News, 15 Nov. 2023
• While Ukraine has not been erased from the map like some expected, GDP has shrunk by about a third.
  — Oleksandr Kubrakov, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025
• The camera at times threatens to erase or make anonymous Fernando, shooting him from the back (like when Jennifer lustily goes down on him in a stairwell) as if the lens itself is taking on the privileged position of power.
  — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 7 Mar 2025