like water
Example Sentences
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“Wells onshore are producing thick product. Offshore is like water — it comes right out,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Airplane cabins’ lower humidity levels can diminish passengers’ ability to taste and smell, leaving light wines tasting like water, or highly acidic wines tasting sour and overly tangy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Allow the dreams to flow like water through your body, so they don’t drown you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The citrus industry adopted it early, and zealously, taking to it like water, spraying it all over the ground until not one sign of non-citrus life remained.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
The ghost’s voice now sounded like water crashing over the edge of that dam.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
