leaching
Example Sentences
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Audience trust is leaching away fast and Brits are increasingly refusing to pay up.
In Beaufort County, South Carolina, it is flooding septic systems, leaching raw sewage into nearby waterways.
From Salon
A separation method known as water-based leaching and further purification produced the recycled lithium compound: lithium carbonate, which can be used to make more batteries.
From Scientific American
Dressed in shabby pants, with sweat already leaching through the armpits of my white cotton shirt, I felt out of place amid the neighborhood’s neatly manicured lawns and lavish estates.
From Literature
The void seemed to be pulling at him, leaching the breath from his lungs and the oxygen from his blood.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
