Sentences with wear down
wear down
W w - Pipe smokers sometimes wear down the tips of their teeth where they grip their pipes. [VERB PREPOSITION noun]
- None can match your sheer will-power and persistence in wearing down the opposition. [VERB PREPOSITION noun (not pronoun)]
- To wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- To wear a wig.
- To wear a smile; to wear an air of triumph.
- Hard use has worn these gloves.
- Long illness had worn the bloom from her cheeks.
- The waves have worn these rocks.
- To wear clothes to rags; to wear a person to a shadow.
- Toil and care soon wear the spirit.
- We wore the afternoon away in arguing.
- A strong material that will wear; colors that wear well.
- As the day wore on, we had less and less to talk about.
- It's hard to get to know him, but he wears well.
- I had to throw away the shirt after only three wears.
- Travel wear; sportswear.
- The carpet shows wear.
- My patience is wearing thin.