They welcomed me, but my own doubts ate away at my confidence.

Worry burrowed away at his confidence, undermining it further all the time.

But the months, and years, of pursuit had gnawed at his confidence.

To grant his request would be to chip away at our confidence in our own institutions.

It was hard to do, wearing away at his feeble confidence, to go forward on a feeling alone.

So she hadn't used the hunger, but had let it eat away at her confidence.

All three men greeted Julius and made him smile at their confidence.

Recently, Hingis's inability to cope with power has chipped away at her confidence.

That knowledge is eating away at their own confidence.

It had eaten at his confidence, made him anxious about his standing on the team.