How to Use erase in a Sentence

erase

verb
  • You can erase the tape and use it again.
  • I erased the chalk marks from the blackboard.
  • The recording can be erased and the tape used again.
  • She erased the wrong answer from her paper and filled in the correct one.
  • Several important files were accidentally erased.
  • This one game does not erase that.
    — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The sky turned sepia, the sun erased.
    — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Those paths got erased from the map.
    — Daren Smith, IndieWire, 24 June 2026
  • The board is easy to erase and clean.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • It wasn’t erased, but it was pushed down.
    — Ben Morse, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
  • That moment did not erase the past.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • The wild colors have not been erased.
    — Douglas Goodwin, The Conversation, 1 June 2026
  • But the song and its message get erased here.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Ovechkin erased the deficit in the second.
    — ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • One bad call can erase a lifetime of good calls.
    — Outside Online, 28 Jan. 2026
  • None of them have been covered up or erased.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026
  • What is the dark trauma that even death cannot erase?
    — Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The run erased a 14-7 Knicks start.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 4 June 2026
  • The best deals can last for years or be erased in a matter of weeks.
    — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2026
  • These gestures do not erase the guilt of work travel.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2026
  • The Red Raiders erase a 21-point deficit.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Only four teams have erased 3-0 deficits in any round.
    — ABC News, 25 May 2026
  • The new findings do not erase that concern.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
  • The new findings do not erase that concern.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026
  • Trump is still trying to erase that outcome.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Levis will want to erase all copies of this game from existence.
    — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Jackson told me that his own hope stemmed from the fact that the truth cannot be erased.
    — Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Certain things are trying to be erased.
    — Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
  • That detail does not erase the milestone.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
  • That erased her place at second place with the first out of the inning.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025

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