How to Use erase in a Sentence

erase

verb

• You can erase the tape and use it again.
• I erased the chalk marks from the blackboard.
• The recording can be erased and the tape used again.
• She erased the wrong answer from her paper and filled in the correct one.
• Several important files were accidentally erased.
• The Patriots erased deficits of 1-0 in the fourth and 4-2 in the sixth.
  — Skip Vaughn, al, 5 May 2023
• The result is that the U.S. dollar has erased most of its gains on the year.
  — David Hodari, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
• No number of awards can erase the love of a good burger.
  — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2024
• But New York erased the deficit with a big third quarter, outscoring the Lynx 20-10.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2024
• And that was kind of going to be the metaphor of eclipse, [that] their chance in this lifetime had been erased.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
• The Cavs were eager to get back on the court and erase the memories from Monday night.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2022
• Here’s how to see (and erase) everything Google tracks.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
• Levis will want to erase all copies of this game from existence.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 30 Oct. 2022
• The need for change, and the causes of it, are not erased by a single, thrilling performance.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 3 May 2024
• Three-down after 11 holes, Ly birdied four of the next five holes, winning all four, to erase the deficit.
  — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2023
• The one thing the incoming chefs couldn’t erase on the menu was the Tabard’s doughnut, a longtime staple on the brunch menu.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
• The set comes with two special white pens that either erase the color or change it to a lighter one.
  — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 18 Nov. 2022
• If there was any doubt about the Bears’ plan for the backup quarterback, that has been erased.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2024
• Every year of work there erases one year of the debt covered by their award.
  — Michelle Andrews, CBS News, 15 Nov. 2023
• The team needs two more victories to raise the MLS Cup and erase memories of 2019.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2022
• In our test, the packs dissolved quickly, cleaned well and even erased a mustard stain.
  — Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2023
• Don’t erase my contribution to this look and to this dress.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023
• The Lynx nearly erased a double-digit deficit again in Game 2.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2024
• He was erased on an Otto Lopez double play and Nick Fortes’ grounded out to end the frame.
  — Rick Farlow, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2024
• Taylor says name changes that aim to erase history rather than learn from it aren’t the right path.
  — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
• Doyle took a sweeper on the inside corner of the plate and drove it into the left field stands, erasing much of the Mets’ lead.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024
• The first of their bunch, not a few of them Southerners smarting from the Civil War, took on the task of erasing what the earth had been.
  — Mark Arax, New York Times, 1 June 2023
• Old wood in the centers of trees may rot away, erasing years of history.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 3 May 2023
• The ruling does not erase SB 8, and is likely to be appealed to higher state courts.
  — Dallas News, 27 Dec. 2022
• Yet, because of her aversion to self-aggrandizement, Perkins largely erased herself from the story.
  — Rebecca Brenner Graham / Made By History, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024