How to Use erosion in a Sentence

erosion

noun

• Centuries of erosion by wind have carved grooves in the rocks.
• Landscapers planted grass to stop the erosion of the hillside.
• Trees growing near streams often have roots exposed by erosion.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2022
• They had been eaten away by erosion and subsidence – and by sea level rise.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2022
• The force of the waves subjects this stretch of shorefront to relentless erosion.
  — Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2022
• Any value erosion is usually slower than in the stock market.
  — Jaime Raskulinecz, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
• The money is even going to fix coastlines and shorelines to prevent erosion and keep waterways clear for shopping.
  — Peter Green, Quartz, 14 Dec. 2024
• Their turf is where a lot of the battle over the erosion of the freedom of information in America has been fought.
  — WIRED, 19 Aug. 2022
• Nutrients help nurture regrowth of vegetation on the beach to counter erosion.
  — Simon Perry, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
• While the massive steel transmission towers likely wouldn’t be placed directly on the creek, the loss of trees will remove shade and hasten erosion.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
• That can happen as soon as two hours after ingestion and lead to perforation, vocal cord paralysis or airway erosion.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
• Kathy Demers said the conservation commission is concerned about water runoff, soil erosion and new demand for water by the warehouse.
  — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 17 Aug. 2022
• This research has shown that plants slow down the waves and prevent erosion of the sand.
  — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 15 June 2023
• But when trees are in the ground, their roots can help stabilize the soil and prevent erosion of the land.
  — Dan Lambe, Treehugger, 28 Aug. 2023
• Bare hillsides are at huge risk of erosion, even mudslides, in the rains.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
• In August, workers dug a 150-yard trench on the north side of the search area to help manage erosion.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
• Hoodoos are rocky spires that have been sculpted by erosion over time.
  — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 3 June 2023
• The environmental costs and the amount of erosion are still not known.
  — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
• That erosion allows more runoff into the ocean, which harms coral reefs.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
• Del Mar and San Clemente aren’t the only places where the 140-year-old coastal railroad is subject to erosion.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
• The erosion of discipline within the I.D.F. is very strong.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024
• To slow or stop erosion: Stretch straw- or compost-filled wattles across the slope, spaced 4 or 5 feet apart.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
• The terrace on the 6700 block of Del Playa Drive is cracked and hanging off the edge of the bluff, which has been eaten away by coastal erosion over the past few decades.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
• The benefits there are the same, except that the railroad is a few blocks inland from the beach and safe from coastal erosion.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2023
• In North Carolina, the Cape Hatteras lighthouse has been under the threat of erosion since the 1930's.
  — Rachel Gold, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2024
• The absence of trees results in soil erosion and landslides.
  — Shailesh Shrivastava, Quartz, 20 Jan. 2023
• Below Tyson Street, about two-thirds of the city’s 3-mile shoreline is narrow and rocky from years of erosion.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
• Along with the winds and waves, sea level rise has also contributed to the erosion.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 25 Sep. 2024
• But the decline in US auto jobs and the erosion of unions have hit Black workers hardest.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 7 Oct. 2023
• The results of that paper found nearly 200 feet of beach erosion.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Jan 2025