efface

Example Sentences

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"You may have the power to bring down the government. But you cannot efface reality," he said.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

It’s exceedingly unlikely that Leo had anything to do with her murder, but the show doesn’t efface her tragedy, even as it reckons with the gravity of Leo’s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025

He has a formal, shy, sincere manner, polite and cautious, as if to efface his size and menace.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023

The wind that exposed the ancient buildings now promises to efface them altogether in a short time.

From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2019

They seemed very small, and they tried to efface themselves in outside neglect, and the wild overgrown front yards tried to hide them from the street.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck