How to Use erode in a Sentence

erode

verb

• Crashing waves have eroded the cliffs along the beach.
• The shoreline has eroded badly.
• When trust erodes, so does civic life.
  — Ugo Troiano, Oc Register, 15 Oct. 2025
• This gap is partly where trust erodes.
  — Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
• And that is how public trust erodes.
  — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
• First, high fees erode savings over time.
  — Brian Menickella, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• Those scripts have been eroded.
  — Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
• In just the past year, so much progress has been eroded.
  — David Rivera, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
• But trust is being eroded in the process.
  — Lauryn Overhultz , Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
• The fastest way to erode that trust is to lie to your employees.
  — Jean Serra, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
• Each attempt to change their mind can erode your self-esteem.
  — Barton Goldsmith, AJC.com, 13 May 2026
• Posey doesn’t see a hitter with eroding skills.
  — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2026
• What erodes next is not performance, but trust.
  — Alain Hunkins, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
• This layer moves at the speed of trust, which means slow to build and quick to erode.
  — Kathleen Lucente, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
• Over time, this erodes trust between leaders and their teams.
  — Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• And when that happens, trust begins to erode.
  — Kristine Johnson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• Moats built on product are eroding faster.
  — Harlem Capital, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
• That reflex delays care and erodes trust.
  — Liz Koch, STAT, 6 Apr. 2026
• These trade-offs can quietly erode longer-term wealth.
  — Joanna Rotenberg, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
• When democratic guardrails erode, the full range of rights can erode with them.
  — Philippe Bolopion, Time, 1 Feb. 2026
• But that ambition erodes over time.
  — Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• This process will slowly erode these cracks, causing the paths to change over time.
  — Alec Janis, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
• When that trust erodes, investment moves.
  — Richard Hughes Iv, STAT, 18 Feb. 2026
• That said, at this point my competence is much eroded by time.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 27 May 2023
• These tiny bits eroded from larger rocks over millions of years.
  — Brian Darby, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
• Plus, tomatoes can erode the seasoning on your cast iron pan.
  — Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
• Topsoil can erode due to strong winds, hard rains and flowing water.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Apr. 2022
• But over time, that began to erode and burnout increased, Singh said.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2021
• That could erode some of the ecosystem that's sprung up around business travel.
  — Will Godley and Charles Riley, CNN, 17 May 2021
• Use gentle cleaners instead of harsh or acidic ones that can erode the resin binder.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025