Sample Sentences for
undermine
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    In doing so, they hoped to embarrass America and undermine American soldiers' faith in their government.  (source)
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    When McCandless came into his world, however, the boy undermined the old man's meticulously constructed defenses.  (source)
    undermined = weakened
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    but his post-traumatic stress disorder continued to undermine his ability to manage his behavior.†  (source)
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    Nothing like the sloppy Italians who were constantly trying to undermine us.†  (source)
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    She saw now that she had undermined his authority in all eyes by flouting his orders.†  (source)
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    We don't believe there are secret forces undermining our lives.†  (source)
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    Long-term use undermines the nervous system.†  (source)
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    There did not, as yet, exist in France any of those vast underlying organizations, like the German tugendbund and Italian Carbonarism; but here and there there were dark underminings, which were in process of throwing off shoots.†  (source)
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    Some talk about trying to undermine others without getting caught.†  (source)
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    Broad smiles and hollow laughter were undermined by trembling legs and shaking hands.†  (source)
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    I declined to suggest that clients examine the underside of the piece, as Hobie himself— eager to educate, at the price of fatally undermining his own interests was only too quick to do.†  (source)
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    Fear undermines logic and opens up all sorts of opportunities for people like me.†  (source)
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    He became convinced we were spying on him, trying to undermine him.†  (source)
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