How to Use water down in a Sentence

water down

verb

• The team had to dilute the whiskeys with water down to about 40-50% proof.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 26 Oct. 2019
• 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
• The water down there is black as ink and the waves drown themselves.
  — Namwali Serpell, Harper's Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
• But this year, a group of countries sought to water down the rules.
  — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
• The idea was watered down by the Swedish government, then scrapped in the 1990s.
  — The Economist, 15 June 2019
• 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
• Next, pour a kettle of boiling water down the sink to rinse.
  — Melissa Rolland, courant.com, 17 July 2019
• First, his drive found the water down the left before his next shot was shanked into the trees.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
• The restrictions were watered down over the course the meeting.
  — Obed Manuel, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2020
• It’s just spread out over too many episodes, its tension watered down by the length.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
• Don't water down your own brand just because you are asked to.
  — Kelly Samuel, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
• Let the soil dry out to the touch (up to the first knuckle) before watering down to 6 to 8 inches.
  — oregonlive, 7 Apr. 2020
• 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
• The water down there reached around 34ºF, much warmer than Arctic waters above.
  — Ula Chrobak, Popular Science, 6 Feb. 2020
• So the companies are trying to blunt the court decision and water down the bill.
  — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
• Pour boiling water down to kill any fly eggs and larvae.
  — Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2020
• Create a berm at the edge of the root ball to help hold and direct water down through the roots and then out into the surrounding soil.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Oct. 2019
• Hubbard had one last chance with a bold tee shot on the 18th, one of the toughest driving holes on the PGA Tour with water down the left side and a large bunker to the right.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2019
• That should be a relief to investors and gamers, who worried that Tour could be watered down.
  — Bloomberg News, The Denver Post, 9 June 2019
• As Bloomberg reports, the tech industry made a last ditch push to water down the bill this month, but the effort came up short.
  — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2019
• Quit watering down the tail-gate drinks when your friend starts telling you for the thousandth time how short-term pain will lead to long-term gain.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 23 July 2019
• 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
• That means not watering down criminal laws like some have proposed.
  — Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024