chip away at

How To Use chip away at In A Sentence

• Mr Zittrain fears that the rise of tethered appliances will inevitably chip away at the freedom of the internet and personal computing, which many take for granted.
• Although this bodes well for him, it doesn't chip away at the tarnish the troubled superstar brings to professional basketball.
• When he stopped, he pulled out a chisel and a hammer and began to chip away at the rock. Christianity Today
• Instead of an outright coup attempt, the rebels want to chip away at her authority.
• He used a hammer and chisel to chip away at the wall.
• So I'm pig-headedly refusing to take out my chisel and chip away at any slight imperfections.
• Instead of an outright coup attempt, the rebels want to chip away at her authority.
• In therapy, we chip away at this, bit by bit.
• Oystercatchers may wedge the shells into a crevice and chip away at the lip.
• The best rewriting method in this case is the simplest: by correcting one problem you chip away at the others.