Whittling away

Usage examples of eroding.

Saddam had been biding his time, relying on the strategy of eroding the sanctions that had been working for him since 1996 and avoiding anything but the low-level confrontations in the NFZs.

Thus he has sought to stoke the violence between Israel and the Palestinians as a way of further eroding the sanctions and containment.

Earthquakes, molten rock flowing thickly, seas and lakes alternating with grinding drought, floods eroding mountainsides, strata of rock sinking, rising, bending, breaking.

He rinsed her hair carefully, ignoring the siren call of her cheek pressed against his abdomen, the warm water flowing over her, sliding over him, warm water joining them in an intimacy that was fast eroding his control.

For all its fire and smoke and drama, Kilauea is little more than a boil on Mauna Loa’s side, and the other small volcanoes on the Big Island are eroding away while we talk.

It had a way of eroding even the most strongly held habits of civilization.

Even worse, the sound of the wind had been gnawing at her nerves, eroding her self-control.

She was a heady fragrance and a hard need that was eroding his control as surely as he was unraveling her fear of a man’s touch.

Nevertheless, the United Nations continues to relax the sanctions on Iraq (to ease the humanitarian burden on the Iraqi people), and Iraq continues to enjoy ever greater success in eroding and evading what remains, with direct consequences for Iraqi military strength.

Containment is eroding, and it is no longer realistic to believe that it can be revived in a meaningful sense and sustained over time to prevent Saddam Hussein from acquiring nuclear weapons.

The sleeting energetic particles of their beam-weapons were not probing and eroding at the drive coils of the ancient, crumbling vessel.

It was incredible, really, to have found two such diverse Talents during her directorship: one macro who would shift worlds and one whose skill was a micro-Talent, eroding language barriers.

In my lexicon, eroding her mental capability is an assault with intent to maim or kill.

She'd been singing crystal a long time now, and she knew very well indeed that her memory was eroding: what or how much she was losing she didn't know.

To continue his efforts to free not only his own people but also Earth's, a special mission was sent to Earth, where an active underground movement was already eroding Catteni occupation.