How to Use bathwater in a Sentence

bathwater

noun
  • The point is not to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
    Andres Viglucci, miamiherald, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Stay with what has been proven good for you and don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 5 July 2020
  • And even though the color of the bathwater will change, none of these bath bombs will stain their tub.
    Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The burns were so severe the women could see skin floating in the bathwater at the time.
    Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 11 May 2023
  • And that could be [throwing out the] baby with the bathwater.
    Katherine Dunn, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2020
  • Do not try to throw out the baby with the bathwater, you are forewarned.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 June 2022
  • But there's no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater here.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2010
  • The old theory of don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater.
    David Moore, Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Adding sea moss to your bathwater can help to improve your skin health.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • There is a great danger here of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
    Jennifer Johns, Quartz, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Elordi and Jade are still very much a thing, thank you very much, and that bathwater belongs to her.
    Vulture, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Not reason for panic, or to throw the baby out with the bathwater on the season.
    Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2020
  • There's nothing like the warm embrace of bathwater when you're all stuffed up.
    Nathalie Kirby, House Beautiful, 2 Apr. 2020
  • One mother and daughter share the same bathwater and spoon each other in bed.
    Tracy Swartz, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2019
  • Refusing to set goals at all is a bit like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
    Mikaela Kiner, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Unlike in most triathlons, where the swim acts as a coolant, the water in Tokyo Bay is expected to be bathwater warm.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 July 2021
  • So the question for investors is to ask how to avoid this industry but not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
    Steve Butler, The Mercury News, 15 June 2017
  • There's a real risk that in the resulting backlash, the baby will get thrown out with the bathwater.
    Megan McArdle, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Too many investors are throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
    Colin Darretta, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Harvard has thrown the proverbial baby out with the bathwater.
    Erin Hawley, National Review, 19 Aug. 2019
  • In the bathroom, a teenage son—made of garibaldi cookies—bathed in chocolate cake bathwater.
    Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Colored salts can give your bathwater a tint, too, which some bathers enjoy.
    Jennifer Blair, chicagotribune.com, 20 Feb. 2021
  • After you’re finished eating, take the used peels and put them in your bathwater to extend the life of that citrusy aroma.
    Amanda Lauren, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2023
  • That drum was among the toys that got dumped into my children’s bathwater multiple times a week.
    Jenny Marder, The Seattle Times, 12 Feb. 2019
  • Saban essentially wants to throw out the BYUs with the G-5 bathwater.
    David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 July 2017
  • Instead of solving that problem, the company’s new policies appeared to throw the baby out with the bathwater — to take down the good with the bad in one fell swoop.
    Washington Post, 14 June 2019
  • Warm the mask in the shower or bathwater before using your fingers or a comb to work it into your hair, focusing on the ends.
    Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 20 Mar. 2017
  • That’s not to say manufacturers should throw the baby out with the bathwater.
    Lisa Caldwell, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
  • In addition to the ocean, which is bathwater warm and practically wave-free, there’s a huge pool, plus a baby pool.
    Andrea Lavinthal, PEOPLE.com, 4 July 2018
  • In Jelly Bomb form, Snow Fairy packs the same sweet scent and transforms bathwater into a pretty bubblegum pink hue.
    Devon Abelman, Allure, 3 Nov. 2017

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