- present participle of erode.
eroding
Example Sentences
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Media observers say the public anger reflected years of eroding confidence.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
This misperception carries profound consequences and is currently rippling through our world, eroding trust, deepening isolation and creating a social environment in which empathy is swiftly becoming an atrophied muscle in desperate need of exercise.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
While that may have been good policy in the past since those workers often had an easier time working longer, that gap may be eroding.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
By 2025, with the huge reserves eroding, the county required a first fiscal stabilization plan, which included significant layoffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
In many of Seattle’s nicest hillside neighborhoods—places like Alki and Madrona and Magnolia—homes slid from eroding bluffs and tumbled into Lake Washington or Puget Sound.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
