How to Use water down in a Sentence

water down

verb
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  • The shot of the day came off the tee shot by Charlie on the par-3 17th, a tricky hole with water down the left side.
    — USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2021
  • But this year, a group of countries sought to water down the rules.
    — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
  • And for all of those plant parents out there, don’t pour that water down the drain!
    — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The man gulped the water down and wiped his mouth with his handkerchief.
    — Paul Yoon, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • Those who live near the site of the fire are asked to water down their mulch beds, the department said.
    — Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2022
  • First, his drive found the water down the left before his next shot was shanked into the trees.
    — Ben Morse, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Don't water down your own brand just because you are asked to.
    — Kelly Samuel, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
  • After two hours have passed, pour boiling water down the drain, which should now be cleared of the clog.
    — Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The dirt quad empties out quicker than water down a drain.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The Boch brand name, Chris Dagesse said, remains too valuable to give up or water down.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2021
  • And, my goodness, take a look at their manifesto, even the one that’s so-called watered down in 2017.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Leave overnight, and finish by pouring boiling water down the drain in the morning.
    — Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 25 May 2021
  • There’s even a proposal to haul water down a mountain to power the trip back up.
    — Tom Metcalfe, NBC News, 23 May 2022
  • Most of the anti-woke measures in the House bill will probably get blocked or watered down in the Senate.
    — The Editors, National Review, 17 July 2023
  • Rescuers used a rope to send oxygen and water down to the boy as well as a camera to monitor him.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Some of the proposals wound up being watered down amid the backlash.
    — Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Some of the star’s matter swirls around the black hole, like water down a drain, emitting copious X-rays (blue).
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 July 2022
  • The Nabataeans used the elevation of the canyon to create aqueducts to channel water down to the city below.
    — Richard Quest and Leroy Ah Ben, CNN, 5 Nov. 2021
  • There was an excitement, and then it would just get watered down a little bit by the powers that be.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 14 June 2024
  • Why water down the best event in sports with more mediocre teams in search of an unlikely upset?
    — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2021
  • One potential solution might fix the cows but water down the milk.
    — Jo Craven McGinty, WSJ, 28 May 2021
  • If Mead continues to fall further, the dam could still release water down to a level of 895 feet.
    — AZCentral.com, 27 May 2021
  • Still, those rules had been watered down after years of protest from Hasidic leaders.
    — Brian M. Rosenthal, New York Times, 30 June 2023
  • The courts are also starting to water down the potency of Title 42.
    — Carine Hajjar, National Review, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Dear Readers: Pouring boiling water down your kitchen sink may not be a good idea.
    — Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2021
  • And bonding requirements were watered down to the point that new, stricter rules would only apply to a handful of drillers.
    — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 24 June 2024
  • Lynn didn’t water down her words in song or in conversation.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2022
  • There’s poetry and soul here, but both are watered down by how much the movie seems to be multitasking.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 May 2023
  • Fallen leaves and organic material help slow water down, giving it more time to enter the ground.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2024
  • After hitting resistance, the bill was watered down to apply to convictions since 2005.
    — Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 11 July 2024

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