Along with cosmology it is slowly chipping away at human hubris and introspection.

Mr. Waronker, however, feels he is slowly chipping away at his school's longstanding problems.

The man had returned to slowly chipping away at a section of his stone.

I'd have happily subscribed immediately if it also meant that i was slowly chipping away at the purchase price.

A handful of researchers are slowly chipping away at the formidable challenge of mounting robots on reasonably nimble legs.

Other tracks are putting on their own rich stakes races, which have been slowly chipping away at the New York stakes program.

It put their starter, Ron Guidry, on top, although the Tigers slowly chipped away.

The school closed in 1965 and further fires, floods and neglect slowly chipped away at the remains of the town.

Appier was staked to a 4-0 lead in the third inning, but the Yankees slowly and deliberately chipped away.

Ranchers fear that such groups are slowly chipping away at their livelihood.