Sentence examples for of chipping away from inspiring English sources

War has a way of chipping away at the foundations of even the strongest democracies.

"This could be the start of chipping away at contribution limits".

It might just be a matter of chipping away at the regime.

How that helps the UK taxpayer, still facing years of chipping away at that mountain of debt, is another matter.

The agency's focus appears to be on the idea of chipping away at a target with multiple hits.

Campaigners and unions have accused the government of chipping away at employee rights that protected them against harassment.

It's part of a chipping away of the shame of always feeling suspect, guilty until proved innocent, a stranger in one's own land.

"This is more of a chipping away of the regime," she said.

The best part of the video a timelapse of conservators chipping away at corroded areas with wooden sticks, brushes, and scalpels begins right before the two-minute mark.

I felt it was my environmental duty to use these freebies instead of throwing them away, but I despaired of ever chipping away at the stack.

Dozens of Democrats have lined up to support a host of bills chipping away at Dodd-Frank over the past two years.