corrode
verb (used with object)
to eat or wear away gradually as if by gnawing, especially by chemical action.
are corroding
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present progressiveof corrode.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Having made the case for friendship's profound genetic origins, Denworth pushes back against the hand-wringing assumption — widespread among some critics — that technologies like social media are corroding our most essential bonds.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2020
There comes a point when we need to look critically at how electronic devices are corroding our lives.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2019
Sorry if you think I'm being petty but, if she's going to claim that loads of comedies that people enjoy are corroding our society, she oughtn't to kick off with a historically inept statement.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2013
Upstream, he noted, farmers are making decisions that are rational for their livelihoods -- using pesticides and fertilizer, for example -- and it's clear that those decisions are corroding the world's largest coral reef system.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 9, 2012
Indolence and selfishness, the moth and rust of Character, are corroding and devouring the delicate organization of the internal man, which can retain the wholeness and brightness of its powers only by constant use.
From The Elements of Character by Mary G. Chandler
