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
• 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
• Here’s how to see (and erase) everything Google tracks.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
• 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
• Every year of work there erases one year of the debt covered by their award.
  — Michelle Andrews, CBS News, 15 Nov. 2023
• In our test, the packs dissolved quickly, cleaned well and even erased a mustard stain.
  — Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2023
• 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
• 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
• But there has to be a plan between now and Thursday to erase this disturbing trend.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
• Indeed, over the last two weeks, Yamamoto has erased much of that initial doubt.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
• And while there was a comeback try in the opener, getting within nine late, the Heat managed to erase the whole deficit and then some in Game 2.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 7 June 2023
• The line of demarcation between day and night has been erased in Ennis for the time being.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2024
• She was haunted, and her PTSD slowly erased that delight.
  — Denise Davidson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2023
• Just a 25-yard field goal to erase the disastrous results that came before it.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
• Clovis East erased an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to force overtime.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• But the fourth inning got away from Griffin Canning and the Angels’ defense, erasing that lead in a 5-4 loss to the Astros.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
• The match continued for another point, but afterward, Toth walked up to the ball mark and erased it with her shoes.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
• And after 20 or 25 years, any remaining debt gets erased.
  — Adriana Morga and Collin Binkley, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
• Black women have been taught to hold their tongue, hide their voice, erase their stories, and disconnect from their breath.
  — Chántelle Adanna, Essence, 22 Dec. 2023
• Is there a way to do this on the front end that sort of erases any constitutional question? SEN.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 28 May 2023
• Opoku, a second-half substitute, erased any hopes of a comeback in the 82nd minute, drilling a left-footed shot just under the crossbar from the edge of the six-yard box.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
• Last year’s revision to CPI data from 2022 erased some of the progress that was thought to be made in bringing inflation down.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
• That second-team lineup made the stops that the starters couldn’t, erasing the Pacers’ double-digit deficit.
  — Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024