erode
verb (used with object)
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration.
are eroding
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present progressiveof erode.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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"In the Wasatch, the mountains themselves are eroding and burying the snow, and that's why the rock glaciers exist," Anderson noted.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Swells are eroding beaches, damaging parking lots and bathrooms, and even resurfacing long-buried coastal infrastructure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
But to watch how far they are eroding in real time, that is what I find so troubling.
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
Aramco said inventories are eroding and being drawn down faster as shipments from the region are curtailed, at a time when global spare capacity remains extremely low.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Those people, because of deforestation, bad agricultural methods and general mismanagement, are eroding away their arable soil at an alarming rate.
From Last Enemy by H. Beam Piper
