erode
verb (used with object)
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration.
had eroded
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past perfectof erode.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Jerí, the country’s seventh head of state since 2018, faced fallout from two scandals that had eroded his support.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
He said “sky-high” inflation had eroded the value of public spending.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2024
They said the Army also signed up an additional 4,600 recruits for future contracts, in an effort to build back the pool of delayed-entry recruits, which had eroded.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
That could in turn exacerbate worries among investors and depositors that flared up in the spring over how higher interest rates had eroded the value of assets held at small and medium sized banks.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
However, the corruption and incompetence of the czar’s government, along with huge losses on the battlefronts, had eroded the army’s morale and darkened the mood of the Russian public.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
