Example Sentences

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The Minneapolis Journal said the mob put “an effaceable stain on the name of Minnesota.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2020

It is to be remembered, however, that there is an image of God inseparable from human nature, and not effaceable by any obscuring or disturbance caused by sin.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander

The primal imperfection of human nature is only effaceable by knowledge and persistent endeavor.

From English Secularism A Confession Of Belief by Holyoake, George Jacob

Do not regard in the one the effaceable characters in which it is written, nor be dazzled by the brilliancy of the other.

From Life in Mexico by Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis)

This would leave footprints, and often scratches and heel-marks on the beautiful steps, which meant extra work for Jane; and even then the scratches were not always effaceable.

From Marjorie's Vacation by Wells, Carolyn