Sentence examples for finally wore down from inspiring English sources

That plan, and a gritty effort by the Holy Cross front line, gave the Crusaders a 2-point lead at halftime and kept them ahead until the final 10 minutes when they finally wore down.

It finally wore down my spirit.

Mario Draghi, the ECB president, finally wore down German resistance to QE, but only after a protracted struggle and when it was clear, even to Berlin, that the eurozone was suffering from a severe lack of demand.

The Red Storm rallied to cut the deficit to a point but finally wore down and lost, 79-66, in the first game since Mike Jarvis's abrupt firing as coach on Friday.

South Korea, getting the luck of a decision that overruled a goal by North Korea in Seoul, finally wore down the resistance of its northern cousins to win with a late, deflected free kick.

The first half of the game was largely edgy and penalty-filled, and Anaheim's NHL-best penalty-killing unit finally wore down.

Such was Taylor Hough's enthusiasm for the project that internal opposition was finally worn down, but at this point the book hit its second obstacle: the prohibitive cost of producing a full-colour-illustrated volume.

The Red Storm still trailed, 49-43, with 12 minutes 2 seconds left before finally wearing down the Jaspers, who scored only two field goals the rest of the game.

Wanchope's play in front of the goal, including narrowly missed shots on goal, appeared to have finally worn down the Turks, who had their second disappointing match, after a 2-1 loss to Brazil that was decided in the final minutes.

But what if the administration finally wears down the Pentagon and gets it to agree to attack Iran?

"They finally wore me down," she says.