wearing away
Example Sentences
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Brake dust contains tiny bits of metal, black carbon and other particles that enter the air due to friction and the wearing away of braking materials.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025
The cause: a wearing away of the protective cartilage between joints in the foot.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2022
Surgery to repair the meniscus revealed that cartilage was wearing away.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
Because it wasn’t a single epidemic, it was even harder to fight—it just steadily popped up, year after year, wearing away at the population.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2021
The afternoon was wearing away when they scrambled and stumbled into a fold that was wider and deeper than any they had yet met.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
