diluted

How To Use diluted In A Sentence

• The circulating nurse instills tetracaine hydrochloride drops to decrease the burning sensation of the diluted povidone-iodine solution.
• Existing shareholders are less diluted. Times, Sunday Times
• A team of chemists found that when certain substances are diluted in water, the molecules clump together instead of getting further apart, as common sense would suggest.
• He fixed her with a mildly reproving glance which diluted quickly into a fond grin.
• It can be sprayed directly onto a surface for extreme malodors, or diluted with water and sprayed.
• The amethyst is a brilliant transparent stone of a purple colour resembling that of diluted wine and varying in shade from the violet purple to rose. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon
• In 1740, British Admiral Vernon (whose nickname was ‘Old Grogram’ for the cloak of grogram which he wore) ordered that the sailors’ daily ration of rum be diluted with water.
• Her blood has diluted and cooled itself to a crystalline, life-giving wine. A MEANS TO EVIL
• Mr Preston favours sheep droppings matured in a barrel and diluted to the colour of weak tea!
• The standards have been so diluted and make class action so much easier. Times, Sunday Times