WATER in a Sentence

Learn WATER 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.

420 example sentences for WATER, such as:

1. Too much water drowned the miller.
2. Salt water and absence wash away love.
3. Heat until all the water has evaporated.
4. The water was brought and thrown into Tom's face.
5. He dived into the water and kept under for a while.

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 Meanings and Examples of WATER
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water
 n.  a clear liquid, without color or taste, that falls from the sky as rain
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The Mouse gave a sudden leap out of the water, and seemed to quiver all over with fright.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II. The Pool of Tears
2  He sat and gazed at the sunlit water and his eyes began to see things growing at its edge.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
3  Bringing water from the town pump had always been hateful work in Tom's eyes, before, but now it did not strike him so.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  The water treatment was new, now, and Tom's low condition was a windfall to her.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
5  She began to assist the water with a slim oatmeal diet and blister-plasters.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
6  She dropped the water treatment and everything else, and pinned her faith to Pain-killer.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
7  A few minutes later Tom was in the shoal water of the bar, wading toward the Illinois shore.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
8  Huck was sitting on the gunwale of a flatboat, listlessly dangling his feet in the water and looking very melancholy.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
9  There was abundance of cold water to finish the feast with.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
10  Well, then, Becky, we must stay here, where there's water to drink.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
11  The water was brought and thrown into Tom's face.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
12  You see, they was firing cannon over the water, trying to make my carcass come to the top.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII.
13  The water was three or four foot deep on the island in the low places and on the Illinois bottom.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX.
14  "I feel as if it might be the sea, if there were water on it," said Mary.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
15  I crept up the dead water under the bank, and hadn't no accidents and didn't see nobody.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  He watched the kids throw water around with amused tolerance.
17  According to local lore, the water has healing properties.
18  She turned on the hose and a jet of water sprayed across the garden.
19  Too much water drowned the miller.
20  Salt water and absence wash away love.
21  The town is without electricity and the water supply has been cut off.
22  Experts are trying to track down the source of the contamination in the water supply.
23  The same water was reused after chemical treatment.
24  When the water pipe burst, she had the intelligence to turn off the water at the main.
25  He dived into the water and kept under for a while.
26  I can dive under the water without any facilities but I can't stop down there too much time.
27  One secret military unit tried to contaminate the drinking water of the refugees.
28  Heat until all the water has evaporated.
29  The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
30  Tap water is usually heavily treated with chemicals.