like water
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, interdependence is when we are two autonomous humans, relating from mutuality and reciprocity that is flowing like water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
Trade is like water — it will find its way.
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
The sad eyes of cows “shone like water in a deep well.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 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
Instead, they watched television and ate ramen or canned soup as the hours and days slipped away like water.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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