How To Use Eroded In A Sentence

Unless the damaged areas are quickly revegetated, the eroded soils sink below sea level and the area becomes open water.
The papyri are broken and illegible; you must assemble an intelligible jigsaw from jagged fragments, truncated lines and eroded ink. Times, Sunday Times
Its political culture, once fiercely democratic, is being eroded by a manipulated, bureaucratic legalism that identifies dissent as disloyalty.
These islands are rugged, eroded remnants of great volcanic cones. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies
Once the more resistant gently dipping rocks of the Cotswolds have been removed, the underlying softer beds are easily eroded, so the Jurassic escarpments to the east of the Vales of Evesham and Gloucester retreated through time.

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But 1,000 feet of sandy beach have since eroded away, including all 210 feet that spanned the length of Sunset Cove.
The regulator said that their margins had been eroded by a rise in the wholesale cost of energy and the cost of delivering it. Times, Sunday Times
Since we all stand to lose if the rich biological capital of the tropics is eroded, this is our problem too.
Is it possible that societal trends since 1970 would have seriously eroded the church were it not for the influence of church growth? Christianity Today
The structural discontinuity between the shield and the horizontal lavas filling the embayment corresponds to the eroded scarps of the landslide.
The water slowly eroded the pile of blue, liquid into the silver drain.
The figure, wearing the distinctive mitre - the ceremonial hat of a bishop - replaces an eroded piece of decorative stonework.
We shall not forget them, nor this magnificent production of a play that reminds us in our selfish age how collective responsibility and camaraderie have eroded away.
The reoccupation of all territories previously evacuated by Israel in the West Bank further eroded any modicum of trust left. Alon Ben-Meir: The Arab Peace initiative: Now or Never
Our cost competitiveness in the middle of the chain has been seriously eroded.
Everyone has his inherent power, which is easily concealed by habits, blurred by time, and eroded by laziness.
Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary comprises a fringing coral reef ecosystem nestled within an eroded volcanic crater on the island of Tutuila, American Samoa. Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary
The CCC thus saw the atrophied bodies of those joining the program much as it viewed cutover forests and eroded soils: as a degraded natural resource in dire need of conservation.
The guidance comes after recent court rulings exposed failings in the system that had eroded public trust. Times, Sunday Times
For Smith, then, nature becomes internal to capitalism in such a way that the very distinction implied by using these terms is eroded and undermined.
Our personal freedom is being gradually eroded away.
You could see the eroded gaps when someone underbought a book and it sold out, selling in fitful gaps whenever a stock-starved store managed to get their hands on a few copies. When "I've Heard Of Them!" Becomes "They've Heard Of Me!"
Those setbacks have eroded Toyota's position against global rivals including Hyundai Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG, and pose longer-term worries for one of Japan's most important industrial giants. Toyota Slams on the Brakes
Expect boulders as high as houses eroded into weird shapes, caves daubed with prehistoric paintings and spectacular displays of springtime orchids. Times, Sunday Times
The company blamed intense price-cutting in depressed markets which further eroded petrochemical margins.
The shortened season had reduced income and the reduction of assets had further eroded income. A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945
The union was derecognised a decade ago and we have seen our pay eroded over that time as most of us have had annual rises imposed that fell below inflation.
The overlying thrombus had eroded and perforated the posterior mitral valve leaflet (white arrows).
These islands are rugged, eroded remnants of great volcanic cones. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies
This essay asks how the political identity and domain of civic practice we refer to by the term citizenship is transformed, eroded, or, perhaps, disappeared in the contexts of neoliberal governance. James Warren: This Week in Magazines: If Your Yoga Class Mandates Bowing 3,000 Times During the Night, Consider Tennis or Golf
The trend toward tabloidization and instant popularization has eroded the boundary lines between news and entertainment, objective journalism and advocacy.
The age-old distinction between day and night eroded, especially during the 1940s, when wartime needs necessitated round-the-clock production.
If we had not got a result of some sort it would have eroded our confidence. The Sun
Not only are libraries closing but the service is being eroded, with librarians being replaced by untrained council staff or volunteers. The Sun
Empowering citizens is good, say advocates, because it will rebuild social capital eroded by the state.
The trend toward tabloidization and instant popularization has eroded the boundary lines between news and entertainment, objective journalism and advocacy.
They quickly spotted two or three more prints, which had been exposed as the wind eroded the dunes. Times, Sunday Times
Parked cars and billboards have further eroded the plaza's space.
Behind the screen workmen have already gutted the inside of the former church, the roof is being stripped of damaged tiles and stonemasons are cleaning stones and removing badly eroded ones for replacement.
Skyway's trails are easy, and its northeastern section provides a dramatic view of the Book Cliffs, deeply eroded shale walls that resemble taupe book spines lined up on a shelf.
I also do not expect the flood pathway stories to tell that the flood eroded, in several days, 50 cubic miles of basalt and silt that resulted in deep vertical-walled coulees with flat bottoms.
Now, this is a matter of detail perhaps but worth noting since p has occasionally eroded to f in Etruscan, particularly next to tautosyllabic u, and this sort of lenition can only rationally happen with a bilabial phoneme, not a labiodental one. Archive 2009-05-01
With cash deposits there is always a risk that your capital will be eroded by inflation. Times, Sunday Times
Soil is being eroded by as much as 47 tonnes a hectare. Times, Sunday Times
Up here, suspended dizzyingly more than 100 feet above the ground, it is easy to see how the great stone buttresses that support the magnificent cathedral have been eroded by time.
They were deposited by a hydrothermal vein cutting granite, which was later eroded exposing surface ore.
While that was quite humorous, it is a serious issue and so many men have had their self-confidence eroded by it. The Sun
Shoshonite nearest the contact with the overlying flow is scoriaceous and, being less weather resistant, has eroded back to form a conspicuous bench.
The rock appeared very old and worn, especially the cliff face, which looked as though it had been eroded by water over many millennia, leaving its scrub-grown surface scored and intaglioed with rounded vertical gullies.
High on the side of the valley is a band of hard stone, below which softer rock has eroded out leaving overhangs and rock shelters along the base of the cliff.
The old stonework was crumbling and eroded and badly in need of repair.
The role of the pub as a bastion of male bonding has also been eroded by changing social mores. Times, Sunday Times
The soil was so badly eroded it could no longer sustain crop production.
By 1980, Miami beach had all but totally eroded.
Layered deposits have been partly eroded by the wind in some places, exposing an etched surface.
Continued erosion by fast-flowing water eroded the uplands to the north of the Gippsland Basin and covered the coal measures with sands and gravels.
The bedrock is an ancient, heavily eroded Cambrian metamorphic plateau dramatically punctuated by a chain of isolated flat-topped mountains. Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger
The job, located in an established, upscale residential development, required reshaping 150 ft of the eroded banks of a creek and armoring the site with riprap.
It was to be even longer before their dominance over the party was eroded.
Without a doubt, the loonie's sharp appreciation has somewhat eroded the competitiveness of Canada's export sector.
The slowdown in economic activity has eroded tax payments from businesses and households, pushing up public deficits and debt burdens. Times, Sunday Times
The soil was so badly eroded it could no longer sustain crop production.
Presumably this might happen due to the greater amount of material to be eroded before a cut off could occur.
Minerals such as calcium and magnesium eroded away and poured into the sea, where they ‘fixed’ carbon dioxide and stopped it escaping into the air.
The shortened season had reduced income and the reduction of assets had further eroded income. A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945
His confidence and selfesteem had been eroded over a long period of time by the bullying behaviour he experienced in secondary education. Times, Sunday Times
Confidence was eroded on more than one front. Times, Sunday Times
No, these wetlands were not developed, they eroded away.
They quickly spotted two or three more prints, which had been exposed as the wind eroded the dunes. Times, Sunday Times
The guidance comes after recent court rulings exposed failings in the system that had eroded public trust. Times, Sunday Times
Since timing is so crucial to punching power, and timing is eroded by age and wear and tear, that declaration is nonsensical. Times, Sunday Times
The distinction between health and social care makes no sense and it will need to be eroded gradually. Times, Sunday Times
The ego, so dominant in all Western endeavour, is seen as an obstacle to the ancient mystics, something that has to be steadily eroded. Zen and Learning « Tales from the Reading Room
Walkers should stick to obvious paths, even if they are badly eroded.
But when minivans became tagged as the unstylish choice of soccer moms, sales eroded to about 1.1 million a year.
Convergence became the watchword as boundaries separating local and long-distance, voice and data, cable and telephone, and wireline and wireless services eroded.
Competition in the financial marketplace has eroded profits.
That majority has eroded to a handful of seats over the past three years after several allies defected to the opposition.
Now, this is a matter of detail perhaps but worth noting since p has occasionally eroded to f in Etruscan, particularly next to tautosyllabic u, and this sort of lenition can only rationally happen with a bilabial phoneme, not a labiodental one. Some observations concerning Woodard's The Ancient Languages of Europe
Experts said they believed the road's foundations had been eroded by water but that nothing would have happened if traffic conditions along that section of road had been normal.
Eventually the surrounding layers of older rock eroded away, leaving this mass exposed as a monadnock.
She was sure they had once been clean-cut, but frequent wear gradually eroded away the edges.
A disconformity is a boundary between horizontal layers of old sedimentary rock and overlying younger layers deposited on an eroded surface. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
The picture he draws is not one of corporations denationalized by economic integration and states whose powers have been eroded, as in much current writing on globalization.
The soil was so badly eroded it could no longer sustain crop production.
Both bays are part of a massive volcano crater that has eroded away.
Nothing surrounded us but the dark embrace of trees, except where the predawn light touched the eroded stone face of another pyramid rising above the canopy.
Sex scandals and no-fault divorce have eroded respect for marriage and commitment.
Between them, they have so eroded Kate's confidence and self-esteem that she is incapable of taking control of her own life, and she is trapped in an increasingly suffocating existence as she grows to adulthood.
Now I can make out the huge blocks of stone naturally eroded into these surprisingly regular shapes.
High wages and rigid labor rules have hurt productivity, eroded earnings, and made companies reluctant to hire.
Staff are demoralised, not least because local councils have eroded library opening hours and consequently cut shift allowances.
The role of the pub as a bastion of male bonding has also been eroded by changing social mores. Times, Sunday Times
The lining epithelium was often eroded, and the underlying stroma showed dense infiltration by inflammatory cells.
They quickly spotted two or three more prints, which had been exposed as the wind eroded the dunes. Times, Sunday Times
These ranged from missing safety clips that hold the rail in place, missing bolts, cracked sleepers and eroded ballast as well as worn out rails.
Christianity's anyway tenuous situation in the holy land eroded.
This broad consensus about the rightness of the war was not fundamentally eroded over the next four terrible years.
The shortened season had reduced income and the reduction of assets had further eroded income. A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945
At one time the world was divided into entities that were separated by geographical boundaries, which have been significantly eroded and continue to dissolve.
Set well back behind eroded cliffs close to the western extremity of St Abbs Head in Berwickshire, this is a boat dive in what could almost be described as a lagoon, protected from the chop and surge on the outside.
Eroded sediment can be transported by creep, saltation, or suspension, and where much fine soil or sediment is present, dust clouds can result.
The cliff face has been steadily eroded by the sea.
The rising cost of essential goods and services has eroded their discretionary income. Times, Sunday Times
Is it possible that societal trends since 1970 would have seriously eroded the church were it not for the influence of church growth? Christianity Today
The trend toward tabloidization and instant popularization has eroded the boundary lines between news and entertainment, objective journalism and advocacy.
George's face is badly disfigured and he has no fingers or toes; his voice is high-pitched because a part of his throat has been eroded by the disease.
The storm got sand in the engine intakes and eroded the fuel relays.
In any case, the power of the press barons is being rapidly eroded by the internet. Times, Sunday Times
Expect boulders as high as houses eroded into weird shapes, caves daubed with prehistoric paintings and spectacular displays of springtime orchids. Times, Sunday Times
A fine, solid, brown species, generally more or less eroded, and with a peculiarly strongly plicate columella. The Journals of John McDouall Stuart
It shows some old eroded aeolian "aeolian" = wind-formed features that may have once been either dunes or ripples. SETI Institute: Life at the SETI Institute: Lori Fenton -- Sand Seas of the Solar System
An extended parking area has enabled the restoration or eroded downland where formerly the grass had been all but lost to cars.
On the left innominate, or hip bone, the pubic symphyseal face was badly eroded. 206 BONES
Mr Porter added that it was possible to see through the wall in places because so much stonework had eroded away.
Because of the nitrifying bacteria in nodules on its roots, it is especially effective in improving the fertility of eroded soils. Chapter 6
Sales of land began about 1540 and continued until Stuart times. Inflation eroded the revenue from land and commerce.
Expect boulders as high as houses eroded into weird shapes, caves daubed with prehistoric paintings and spectacular displays of springtime orchids. Times, Sunday Times
Trust has been eroded by the fact that she has been embroiled in one scandal after another. Times, Sunday Times
Mortgage payments have been eroded by inflation. ?
The cliffs are being constantly eroded by heavy seas.
During the brief 1991-98 period of peace, Eritreans organized themselves to terrace the steeply eroded mountainsides with endless ribbons of rock.
His critics say his fumbling of the issue of reform has eroded his authority.
Sadly, over a century later, the blood-soaked gains made by America's labor movement are being relentlessly eroded by stealthy corporations and pliant politicians. Mark Cassello: Labor and Capital in the 21st Century: Legacy of the Haymarket Affair
Well, apart from the torture victims, the murdered and other unfortunates who have had their civil liberties eroded, human rights curtailed and so on.
There is a wide range of topics which include saline, sodic, acidic, eroded, compacted, and organic soils.
Currently, a number of court and legal proceedings have further eroded the pro-choice movement.
Upon arrival everything was going right, all my worries slowly eroded away.
Mercifully, commenter "harumph" pops by with a futile attempt to restore sanity: "Coleman's lead eroded all day Thursday as the Canvassing Board considered a pile of challenges brought entirely by the Coleman campaign. Fat nigger jokes, SDA-style.
I used to have immense pride and respect for England but since 1946 that has almost eroded away.
A bigger unit can take more casualties before its combat worthiness is eroded.
The rising cost of essential goods and services has eroded their discretionary income. Times, Sunday Times
These days the world revolves around computers and calculators; somewhere the spirit of our heritage is being eroded.
By the end of my stint I felt that its detachment from grassroots reality had eroded its credibility. Times, Sunday Times
In any case, the power of the press barons is being rapidly eroded by the internet. Times, Sunday Times
Over time, the wind has eroded the landscape and converted the slate rocks into small fragments.
Convergence became the watchword as boundaries separating local and long-distance, voice and data, cable and telephone, and wireline and wireless services eroded.
The terrain has eroded and only a few gnarled trees linger.
The west wall is preserved only in the southwest corner, while a large part of the floor along the western side has eroded away.
An aeroplane was parachuting supplies to an isolated post in the calcaire those strange weather-eroded mountains on the Annam border that look like piles of pumice, and because it always returned to the same place for its glide, it might never have moved, and the parachute was always there in the same spot, half-way to earth. The Quiet American
Plain old racism, in addition to economics, plays a part in the agitation of the privileged classes, who grow louder and more strident as their historical privileges are eroded.
Although the floor in the south part of the room was eroded, a fragmentary hydria and krater found among the artifacts lying against the bedrock outcrop may originally have been sitting directly on the floor.
New ideas are often eroded by subtle discouragement rather than by explicit vetoes.
Consumers would actually have lost money, as inflation would have eroded the value of their original investment. Times, Sunday Times
Millions of fry were planted in the headwaters, eroded banks were reconstructed, croys were built in the streamy runs, and new pools were created in various sections of the river.
Wind and rain have eroded the statues into shapeless lumps of stone.
People may be too conservative and find their investments eroded by inflation. Times, Sunday Times
We're up on the Plains of Abraham now, a wild, desolate section of pumice through which the trail winds for three miles, slipping through eroded stream beds and across a landscape so stark it makes the moon look lush.
These islands are rugged, eroded remnants of great volcanic cones. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies
This eroded appearance might be due to a period of exposure before burial; alternatively, it might have been produced by passage through the alimentary tract of some predator or scavenger.
The inner edge also tends to be masked by eroded seacliff debris.
Public monuments from Brazil to Berlin have been eroded by pee.
The rocks have gradually eroded away.
Once exposed, soil is quickly eroded by wind and rain.
Those who have a long life see the value of their fixed income eroded by inflation when an index-linked annuity could have helped. Times, Sunday Times
The regulator said that their margins had been eroded by a rise in the wholesale cost of energy and the cost of delivering it. Times, Sunday Times
This dynamic in which every particularity is being eroded by globalism and the contrasting and conflicting calls and actions for integration of culture, technology, and economics, affects us all.
Everyone has his inherent power, which is easily concealed by habits, blurred by time, and eroded by laziness.
The distinction between health and social care makes no sense and it will need to be eroded gradually. Times, Sunday Times
That partnership has over the years been completely eroded and now it is virtually nonexistent. Times, Sunday Times
A) The Nick Clegg novelty bounce at first plateaued and now has eroded -- or "punctured" -- in the last week of the campaign. William E. Jackson Jr.: Is the Prime Minister Becoming More Presidential?
Seasonal dynamics and nutrient concentrations in litter fall and the annual flows of N, P, K, Ca and Mg were studied in Longan orchard systems on eroded slope orchard of Fujian.
Wind and rain have eroded the statues into shapeless lumps of stone.
Confidence was eroded on more than one front. Times, Sunday Times
Eventually, the sandstone slowly eroded away and the hard, erosion-resistant concretions were left on the ground.
Most dens or attempted dens are in peat banks beneath krummholz spruce and occasionally in peat banks without any trees, or in inorganic sediments along eroded river banks.
An incidental feature of the capital transactions is the implication that the capital invested in local farming is being eroded.
The figure, wearing the distinctive mitre - the ceremonial hat of a bishop - replaces an eroded piece of decorative stonework.
Now if by "healthy ecosystem" you mean a system in which fire and rotational grazing is practiced constantly then yes, it does tend to be somewhat controlled, but that's extremely labor-intensive work and trust me, an eastern redcedar will sprout in a beautiful, healthy pristine patch of short or midgrass prairie just as quickly as it will an eroded gully. Kill Some Trees On Earth Day
The object was just that: a stone carving, eroded by water, but with a discernible figure of a woman holding something in her arms.
Soil is being eroded by as much as 47 tonnes a hectare. Times, Sunday Times
Although that culture eroded away over the generations, it did so at different rates in different places and among different people.
An eroded crater in a larger plain with a scalloped appearance near Pavonis Mons.
The slowdown in economic activity has eroded tax payments from businesses and households, pushing up public deficits and debt burdens. Times, Sunday Times
After all the fish have been killed; after all the trees have been cut down; after all the soil has eroded away; after the air becomes unbreathable; when we humans are forced to eat our money; then will we understand? Death by Plastic
Hania Farhan, the director of the Africa Governance Index, points to other rights that have been eroded in some countries. Report Card: Africa Could Reverse Democratic Gains
These have become eroded in places, truncating the reflectors and producing scour around obstructions.
It can be mentioned that 02,417 bighas of Balurchar was eroded between 1969 and 1971 after the river changed its course in 1962.
The cliffs are being constantly eroded by heavy seas.
OTOH, a 5-10\% stake in bullion is an excellent hedge against complete collapse or long-term eroded value during inflationary times. SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
Free speech is being gradually eroded year after year by new tentacles of government control.
If we had not got a result of some sort it would have eroded our confidence. The Sun
Geologically, this was a deep valley eroded by the Mississippi during the Pleistocene Era when the sea level was 200 feet below its present stand.
But all these things are slowly eroded and people feel unwell. Times, Sunday Times
The profile needs to be 'true' as it's going to be wire eroded, rather than hobbed, and the profile will be needed for the CAM software. All Discussion Groups: Message List - root
Experts from Germany are investigating the use of a chemical to stabilise the stone monoliths, which have become severely eroded.
His clothes were so tatty and his confidence so eroded that she could not imagine where he fitted into society. AN UNLIKELY COUNTESS: Lily Budge and the 13th Earl of Galloway
The publication of French dictionaries and lexicons by Enlightenment scholars further eroded regionalisms.
Our professional mastery of aerospace power, our knowledge and doctrine create an advantage that is not easily eroded.
Trust has been eroded by the fact that she has been embroiled in one scandal after another. Times, Sunday Times
The western Cascades are older and more eroded than the lava plateau and prominent snow-covered cones of the high Cascades (Ecoregions 4c and 4d); they are composed of dark basalt in contrast to the gray andesite of the high Cascades. Ecoregions of Oregon (EPA)
Parents and children do not fully understand the privacy and civil rights issues that are being eroded by this back door introduction of teenage identity cards.
The rocks have eroded away over time.
The running water from the mountain top eroded a gulley along the slope.
The systematic collection of community data was eroded not just by the loss of regional information departments but also by contracting out to the private sector and general practice fundholding.
Whoever thinks those pics are a eroded iceberg is not very smart. Frozen Sea
Critics of the European court say it has again eroded the country 's sovereignty. Times, Sunday Times
Here there is still a major task of rescue archaeology to be done, because the site is being rapidly eroded.
The regulator said that their margins had been eroded by a rise in the wholesale cost of energy and the cost of delivering it. Times, Sunday Times
If coastal paths are eroded, new ones will be built to maintain the access corridor. Times, Sunday Times

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