How to Use undermine in a Sentence

undermine

verb

• The events of the past year have undermined people's confidence in the government.
• She tried to undermine my authority by complaining about me to my boss.
• Or, the virus can evolve in ways that undermine the power of the vaccines.
  — Andrew Joseph and Matthew Herper, STAT, 9 Apr. 2022
• The judge is going to go to work to try to undermine her in a number of ways.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
• The fact that this kid tried to undermine the job is the reason why the job has to happen now, no matter the cost.
  — Kat Rosenfield, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2022
• Sadly, the mishap undermined a year's worth of hard work.
  — Laura Lane, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
• Russia’s War on Woke Putin is trying to unite the far right and undermine the West.
  — Mikhail Zygar, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2024
• Biden accused Trump of seeking to undermine the rule of law.
  — Fritz Farrow, ABC News, 6 June 2024
• With the two cases outlined here – as was the case in 2020 – the courts were a bulwark against attempts to undermine the election.
  — Norman Eisen, CNN, 4 Nov. 2022
• Things could have been better still had Leclerc’s race not been undermined by the timing of the two safety cars.
  — Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
• And some see a risk that Ethereum's switch to proof-of-stake could undermine that autonomy.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2022
• Be good to yourself, and protect against anyone who tries to undermine you.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
• Enemies that know how to stoke discord and seek to undermine the outcome of the U.S. election outcome top the list.
  — Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
• Does all the meta commentary undermine or underline the points that Nabers and Glover are trying to make?
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023
• Doesn’t the most sensational aspect of the format undermine the rest of it?
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2023
• But an increase in the scholarship amount would undermine that point.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2022
• The problem is life in this perpetual tug of war only undermines what the club is trying to achieve.
  — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
• The move threatens to undermine Harvard’s stature, its revenue and its appeal among top scholars around the world.
  — Jocelyn Gecker, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
• In fact, May data shows rents in Connecticut have now fallen for the first time in years, undermining the idea that these tools are the problem.
  — Jim Amann, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
• Does that undermine your confidence in the United States?
  — CBS News, 16 Apr. 2023
• The right person for you will be someone who doesn’t make negative comments as a joke to undermine you.
  — Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022
• The ex-president has been seeking to undermine the electoral process since at least 2020.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2023
• The appeal was to our senses of identity and nationhood, and the threats that exist to undermine them.
  — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
• There are eight issues that have begun to undermine the stock market's shaky support.
  — John S. Tobey, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
• In the year since the attack, and his subsequent impeachment over it, Trump has steadily worked to undermine Biden.
  — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2022
• Major events like the Ukraine war show just how quickly the food system can be undermined by disruptions.
  — John Kell, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2024
• An emergency move to keep gas cheap, that is, could easily undermine one to save the planet.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 21 July 2022
• As Israeli troops aim to take control of the Gaza-Egypt border crossing, officials in Cairo warn that the move would undermine the 1979 peace treaty.
  — Yasmeen Abutaleb, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
• Critics say that undermines human rights and is a threat to France's democratic ideals.
  — John Leicester, arkansasonline.com, 1 July 2024
• The synching, so early in the story, of Chuck’s decline to the world’s destruction almost completely undermines the ensuing Acts Two and One, leaving them little more to do than a working-out of the plot.
  — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 16 June 2025