Examples of 'eats away' in a sentence

Meaning of "eats away"

This phrase is often used metaphorically to describe a gradual process of erosion or deterioration. It suggests that something is gradually being damaged, consumed, or destroyed, often by a corrosive substance or negative influence
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  • third-person singular simple present indicative form of eat away

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eats away
It differentially eats away at the compressed area.
Eats away at flesh and bone.
The acid eats away the paper.
When you see yourself in a victim it really eats away at you.
It just eats away at me and makes me angry.
Cause the beast eats away at you.
It eats away at my heart all the time.
That is a guilt that eats away at you.
Blood eats away at the blade.
An act of corruption and evil eats away at our integrity.
That eats away at you and it never leaves.
All the snorting eats away at his brain.
It eats away at the neural pathways.
A total loss if it eats away dams and buildings.
It eats away at us from the inside.

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Nature slowly eats away at them.
It eats away at vital parts of our being.
Then it slowly eats away at you.
It eats away at everything that is good within you.
The kind of eats away at everyone.
It eats away at your reasoning and then your body.
Television eats away the brain.
It eats away at you until it takes over your life.
An instinct eats away your reason.
Eats away at you until you simply have to know the worst.
His guilt eats away at him slowly.
The worst part about shame is how it eats away at our souls.
Rust eats away the iron.
You are harboring the kind of resentment that eats away at your insides.
The guilt eats away at him until he goes cray.
So you are proud of killing people with a bomb that eats away their insides.
Anarchy eats away at our institutions.
Every thought that disturbs your mind literally eats away your energy.
I see how it eats away at you every day.
Eats away at the man side of them like trying to make them vegetarian.
The ocean eats away everything.
The plate is then completely submerged in a solution that eats away at the exposed metal.
Is how it eats away at our souls.
The problem with this solution is that it usually eats away at them over time.
Overfishing eats away at genetic diversity of fish.
The analogy is that wisdom can be like acid which instantly eats away everything false.
And that eats away at my heart.
Periodontal disease is a silent dental condition that slowly eats away bone and soft tissue.
It eats away monuments and buidings.
This case eats away at me.
It eats away at us like a cancer.
And quietly eats away at it.
It eats away at the soul.
The cancer of militarism eats away the capitalist economy.
It eats away at your soul.

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