DILUTE in a Sentence
Learn DILUTE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
12 example sentences for DILUTE, such as:
1. I diluted the paint with a little oil.
2. The quality of the book is diluted by the bad writing.
3. They diluted the drug, thus reducing its effectiveness.
4. Add water to dilute the solution to the required strength.
5. Little Chandler allowed his whisky to be very much diluted.
2. The quality of the book is diluted by the bad writing.
3. They diluted the drug, thus reducing its effectiveness.
4. Add water to dilute the solution to the required strength.
5. Little Chandler allowed his whisky to be very much diluted.
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Meanings and Examples of DILUTE
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dilute
a. reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity
v. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
Classic Sentence:
1 And then she diluted the compliment by adding, "But it's powerful seldom you're a mind to, I'm bound to say."
2 Skillfully, he diluted the claret with water from the carafe until the liquid was barely pink and handed the glass to Wade.
3 To plunge into that medium was to plunge into water slightly diluted with air.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 8 Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 8 Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers
4 Little Chandler allowed his whisky to be very much diluted.
5 She was an American woman, with a small infusion of French which seemed to have been lost in dilution.
Example Sentence:
1 A couple of years back you very loudly opposed the creation of "60 MINUTES 2", I think, that it might dilute the brand that you helped build up.
2 Add water to dilute the solution to the required strength.
3 The quality of the book is diluted by the bad writing.
4 I diluted the paint with a little oil.
5 They diluted the drug, thus reducing its effectiveness.
6 Receiving water taken upstream from the outfall may be specified as a source of dilution water in effluent toxicity tests.
7 Former Tory defence secretary Liam Fox, a Eurosceptic, said allowing EU citizens to vote in the referendum "would have been an unacceptable dilution of the voice of the British people".