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deteriorate through use or stress
The constant friction wore out the cloth -
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
We wore ourselves out on this hike
How To Use wear down In A Sentence
- They perceived that the enemy was trying to wear down their resistance.
- They hoped the waiting and the uncertainty would wear down my resistance.
- Israel's premise is that the longer its war continues, the more it will wear down Hizbullah.
- Advocating that candidates basically get out and wear down shoe leather on the high roads and byroads over the next three-and-a-half months, he claimed the organisation is a part of every community in the country.
- Inevitably though, CNN -- particularly American Morning -- chose to wear down and ultimately piss away this asset in favor of an on-air acquisition that fell right in line with the tried-and-true "TV" sententia: Veronica De La Cruz. Chez Pazienza: Say What You Will (Requiem for a TV News Career)
- The strategy was designed to wear down the enemy's resistance.
- The anodization penetrates into the rim to about 10 microns, said Sullivan, and is so hard that even under long-term braking riders will never wear down the surface like on a regular rim. Boulder Report
- That will be grist to McGeechan's mill after an afternoon in which his side struggled to wear down obdurate but limited opponents.
- They also use this strength to physically wear down the opposition.
- This will include using an abrasive material in the food troughs, which will wear down the sharp point of the beak as the hen feeds.
