| Text | Length |
| Break down bit by bit | 21 |
| Blow away, maybe | 16 |
| Become more rounded, maybe | 26 |
| Become eaten away | 17 |
| Be slowly destroyed | 19 |
| Adversely affect, as one's confidence | 41 |
| Wore | 4 |
| Abraded | 7 |
| Eaten away | 10 |
| Ate away | 8 |
| Undermined | 10 |
| Lost ground | 11 |
| Washed away | 11 |
| Ground down | 11 |
| Disintegrated | 13 |
| Became worn away | 16 |
| Like shorelines, often | 22 |
| Like many shorelines | 20 |
| Gradually disappeared | 21 |
| Diminished, as support | 22 |
| Destroyed by degrees | 20 |
| Became weatherworn | 18 |
| Ate at | 6 |
| Worn gradually | 14 |
| Worn by wind | 12 |
| Went from bad to worse | 22 |
| Weathered away | 14 |
| Subjected to planation | 22 |
| Subjected to ablation | 21 |
| Slowly broke down | 17 |
| Really blown away? | 18 |
| Made bank withdrawals? | 22 |
| Like badlands | 13 |
| Like ancient canyon cliffs | 26 |
| Like a ravine | 13 |
| In a weakened state | 19 |
| Eaten into | 10 |
| Disintegrated slowly | 20 |
| Destroyed slowly | 16 |
| Crumbled gradually | 18 |
| Ate into | 8 |
| Ate away at | 11 |
| Affected by wind or water | 25 |
| Wearing away | 12 |
| Causing corrosion | 17 |
| Tending to wear away | 20 |
| Causing wear | 12 |
| Tending to wear down | 20 |
| Tending to wash out | 19 |
| Likely to wear down | 19 |
| Like wind and surf | 18 |
| Like water or wind | 18 |
| Causing to wear away | 20 |
| Undermines | 10 |
| Molders | 7 |
| Wears down | 10 |
| Eats away | 9 |
| Chips away at | 13 |
| Whittles down | 13 |
| Disintegrates | 13 |
| Loses ground? | 13 |
| Eats into | 9 |
| Destroys gradually | 18 |
| Destroys by disintegration | 26 |
| Gradually wears away | 20 |
| Eats away at | 12 |
| Wears away gradually | 20 |
| Washes away | 11 |
| Slowly washes away | 18 |
| Slowly disintegrates | 20 |
| Disappears gradually | 20 |
| Diminishes bit by bit | 21 |
| Cuts into | 9 |
| Crumbles away | 13 |
| Wears slowly | 12 |
| Wears away gradually, as shoreline | 34 |
| Subjects to detrition | 21 |
| Loses ground | 12 |
| Eats away at, as support | 24 |
| Destroys by degrees | 19 |
| Decays gradually | 16 |
| Whittles away | 13 |
| Wastes away | 11 |
| Undermines, as support | 22 |
| Undergoes nivation | 18 |
| Slowly vanishes | 15 |
| Reduces gradually | 17 |
| Eats into, as rock | 18 |
| Eats away, as soil | 18 |
| Eats at the beach | 17 |
| Disintegrates slowly | 20 |
| Diminishes by degrees | 21 |
| Decreases, in a way | 19 |
| Creates ravines | 15 |
| Chips away | 10 |
| Causes wear to | 14 |
| Causes detritus | 15 |
| Breaks the bank? | 16 |
| Beethoven's Third | 21 |
| Beethoven symphony | 18 |
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