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How to use wearing down in a sentence
At a certain point, all you're doing is wearing down your arm.
They would prefer to see a wearing down of the regime instead—enough to bring it to the negotiating table.
Inevitably al Qaeda claims it is bleeding America economically and wearing down our will.
To keep the ends of his wooden legs from wearing down short, Ozma had shod the Sawhorse with plates of pure gold.
The Tin Woodman of Oz | L. Frank BaumPerhaps it was simply that the barriers between us and this masked aspect of life had been wearing down unperceived.
The New Machiavelli | Herbert George WellsIt fought every inch of the way, wearing down pony and rider until they were almost exhausted.
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas | Frank Gee PatchinSomething tragic was going on right then—the wearing down, the devastation of the old earth.
Tales of lonely trails | Zane GreyFinally his foot touched his companion's knee but, without pausing, kept wearing down the groove.
Bring Me His Ears | Clarence E. Mulford
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