How to Use erode in a Sentence

erode

verb

• Crashing waves have eroded the cliffs along the beach.
• The shoreline has eroded badly.
• 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
• There are signs that the company’s financial base has begun to erode.
  — Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2022
• On the macro level, those price increases would also erode consumer spending.
  — Annie Nova,rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
• Together, all these reflect attempts to erode the public’s trust in elections.
  — ProPublica, 5 Nov. 2024
• Since they were created on the edge of a lake, water could have eroded them, or the sun could have baked them if there was a longer period between their creations.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2024
• Another successful campaign would begin to erode a reputation that has largely dimmed in the last two decades.
  — Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2022
• Like hurricane forecasting, projecting when and how much a cliff will erode — especially in the face of sea level rise — is in high demand.
  — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
• The hope is that by understanding the patterns of past collapses in a more nuanced way, projections on how a cliff might erode in the future will be sharper and more refined.
  — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
• Any incongruence between leadership’s stated values and actions can erode trust.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022
• Ireland’s sovereignty had been eroded by British colonialism in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  — William Higgins, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2024
• The decision comes as streaming has upended entertainment, eroding the reach of linear television.
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
• The ringgit is down 7.4% against the dollar this year and more depreciation may be ahead—particularly if lower energy prices start to erode export earnings and rates stay low.
  — Megha Mandavia, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
• The fastest way to erode that trust is to lie to your employees.
  — Jean Serra, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
• 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
• All that water was rushing down the backside of the brick and eroding away the mortar.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 31 May 2023
• There is anxiety that AI could further erode the number of jobs in the field.
  — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 June 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The sandy formation had already been broken and eroded by weather, wind and rain over the years.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
• What is more common on the Wisconsin side of Lake Michigan are wintertime floods and waves that can erode the lakeshore.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024