| He's diminutive enough to jockey a horse, but he's tough enough to wear down a defense. |
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| As discs wear down, bone spurs and osteophytes form on the vertebrae in a condition similar to osteoarthritis. |
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| They sought to wear down the adversary through harassing actions and protracted conflict. |
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| Another concern is that Payton appeared to wear down with the Lakers in the postseason, and he had trouble staying with speedy opposing players. |
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| That will be grist to McGeechan's mill after an afternoon in which his side struggled to wear down obdurate but limited opponents. |
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| His flirtatious relationship with Mary suggests he's a man who has found his ideal partner and is determined to wear down her resistance. |
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| This will include using an abrasive material in the food troughs, which will wear down the sharp point of the beak as the hen feeds. |
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| Patent litigation is expensive, and a large company can wear down almost anyone if it adopts a hard-line stance. |
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| Climbing branches must be made of solid wood, so the chinchilla can wear down its teeth on the branches. |
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| Unless we keep investing in our system, addressing its natural tendency to wear down through time, statistical quality will inevitably suffer. |
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| We watch them at it, we listen to them explaining what they're doing and we wear down their resistance. |
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| A rat's claws need to be trimmed regularly, because they do not wear down sufficiently indoors. |
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| On vinyl records, every little scratch results in audible noises, and you can wear down a record by constantly playing it. |
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| Items such as grinding wheels are, by their nature and use, intended to wear down and release substances. |
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| This can make it hard to chew some foods and it may cause some teeth to wear down. |
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| The 10 gauge blade thickness will provide a long life, however the contact point, the cutting edge, will wear down with use. |
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| They also use this strength to physically wear down the opposition. |
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| As we stop taking care of ourselves, we wear down the major tool of our work. |
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| Tools wear down, so this is where tool wear management makes all the difference. |
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| Galling happens when the nuts wear down the threads, as they are removed and reinstalled to change the oil filter. |
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| The toxins it produces can wear down the immune system, leaving people, especially children, vulnerable to many illnesses. |
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| The higher the treadwear number is, the longer it should take for the tread to wear down. |
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| Don't you think that the pattern used for Star One, which is your closest project to Ayreon, would tend to wear down in the course of time? |
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| Make it a rule to only use the tire according to its intended use, as it may otherwise wear down or fail fairly quickly. |
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| Days and weeks of eating nothing but grilled chicken and vegetables can wear down even the most dedicated of individuals. |
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| The bullpen was solid, but several starters began to wear down. |
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| Second, time delays generally work in favour of employers who hope to wear down unpaid employees to the point where they will abandon their claims or settle for less than they are owed. |
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| Conversely, too much preparatory work can wear down interest, generate a daunting litany of imagined disasters that impose unnecessary restrictions, deaden creative energy or discourage taking any bold steps at all. |
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| In general, it was concluded that rather than having Paris in their sights, the Germans were more intent on drawing in British reserves in order to wear down the British Expeditionary Force. |
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| Let us not allow the reality of our faith to wear down and degenerate into small-mindedness. |
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| Our experience, and that of other unions, is that employers continually use legal tactics in an attempt to wear down unions and discourage their complaints, thus frustrating the intent of the law. |
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| This proposal is the result of decades of pro-whaling efforts to wear down conservationist treaty parties and drag them to the acceptance of re-packaged commercial whaling. |
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| Tyres wear out frequently and contrary to other failures, whose proportions in fleets are linked to the make of vehicle, tyres wear down at the same rate, regardless of vehicle type. |
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| Even if the mind is competing with the mantra recitation, the latter will gradually wear down the mental chatter, leaving one in a peaceful state. |
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| Second, it will wear down the rule of prison officers. |
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| Welsh dependence on foreign imports was a tool that England used to wear down the principality during times of conflict between the two countries. |
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| Much of this combat was centered around the strategic bombing campaigns of the RAF and the USAAF against German industry intended to wear down the Luftwaffe. |
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