erode
verb (used with object)
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration.
had been eroding
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past perfect progressiveof erode.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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But trust in Infantino at the highest levels of global soccer had been eroding for months, according to high-ranking officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Tebas said that the Balogun decision was the "tip of the iceberg" following a series of events which had been "eroding the credibility of Fifa and football in general for many years".
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
She was a teacher at Pointe-aux-Chenes Elementary School, which served about 80 children from the village of Pointe-aux-Chenes and nearby Ile de Jean Charles, both Indigenous communities that had been eroding for decades.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2023
In 1989, an international ban on chlorine-containing man-made chemicals that had been eroding the earth’s ozone layer went into effect.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 16, 2018
It was viewed as a legal alternative to piracy, which had been eroding studio profits for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2017
