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How To Use chip away at In A Sentence

• He used a hammer and chisel to chip away at the wall.
• (In any film about solidarity, lingerie is the shorthand for emergency sluthood.) "You have your fancy gardens and your nice houses," Crystal says, and proceeds to chip away at Mary's fantasy of marital bliss. The New Yorker
• So how can you chip away at the anti-vax lobby? Times, Sunday Times
• There are continuous attempts to chip away at abortion rights, especially in the US.
• When he stopped, he pulled out a chisel and a hammer and began to chip away at the rock. Christianity Today
• But will calling fertilized eggs "little children" help them chip away at abortion rights? RHRealityCheck.org
• So I'm pig-headedly refusing to take out my chisel and chip away at any slight imperfections.
• When he stopped, he pulled out a chisel and a hammer and began to chip away at the rock. Christianity Today
• Ehrlich's energetic performance is likely to hearten his supporters, but O'Malley didn't appear to stumble, using the debate to detail his administration's accomplishments, chip away at his opponent's credibility and appeal to the Washington area's interests. O'Malley, Ehrlich vigorously debate social issues, Purple Line
• Tomorrow I have to grade a slightly smaller scad of papers, finish prepping one of my classes for Monday, and chip away at three work reports that are due on Friday. Archive 2008-03-01