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as in thin
not containing very much of some important element a watery lemonade

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Recent Examples of watery If an unvaccinated child or person is feeling unwell, here’s what to watch for: Cough Runny nose Itchy, watery eyes A high fever Small white spots (Koplik's spots) inside the inner lining of the cheek What do measles look like? Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 The installation, one of many world-class artworks in the resort, signposts the hotel’s commitment to creativity and amplifies the Bodrum peninsula’s lush, leafy landscape and watery surroundings. Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2025 To avoid a soggy crust from watery tomatoes, roast most of the tomatoes, which evaporates the moisture and caramelizes them, before baking the pie. Patricia S York, Southern Living, 27 June 2025 Symptoms include fever, rash, cough and red, watery eyes. Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for watery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for watery
Adjective
  • Measles symptoms Initial measles symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes and a characteristic rash that begins to develop a few days later.
    Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 9 July 2025
  • Symptoms of the measles virus appear 7 to 14 days after first contact and can include a high fever, cough, runny nose and watery eyes.
    Amber X. Chen, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • The Series 10 is also thinner, lighter, easier to wear, and charges faster than previous models.
    Adrienne So, Wired News, 12 July 2025
  • Often, the first real cracks appear in prime borrowers who were stretched thin, quietly falling behind while headlines focus on everything else.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • The bland Ballade is a lesser score by the late 19th and early 20th century British composer who deserves a revival for his more substantial works.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
  • In both vehicles he was played by George Reeves, polite, bland and not noticeably muscled.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • While this rainfall is not expected to be as extreme as last weekend, the threshold for flash flooding to develop is lower due to the ground being very saturated from recent heavy rain in the region.
    Dan Peck, ABC News, 12 July 2025
  • The saturated ground means even minimal rainfall can trigger further flooding, complicating rescue efforts.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • But dust-mote-size spacecraft could do things that no current space probe can do: coast without a parachute onto the plains of Mars or float for weeks in the soupy atmosphere of Titan.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 28 July 2011
  • Russian supply trains have no choice but to stick to the main paved roads, as alternate routes are increasingly soupy as winter turns to spring.
    David Axe, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Vinegar, which is really dilute acetic acid, will help the milk curdle by further denaturing the whey proteins and neutralizing negative charges at the surface of casein micelles.
    Liz Roth-Johnson, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2013
  • However toxic a substance may be, the amount of exposure received by the general population is very dilute.
    George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2013
Adjective
  • The main reason Jacksonville is so boring, FinanceBuzz found, is that much of its population is thinly scattered across the city.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
  • GoPro has also dropped a white version and a forest green version if black is too boring for you.
    Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • The cyclist momentarily lost control of his motorcycle on wet pavement.
    Jon Rabiroff, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
  • Stay away from water, wet items, and metal objects.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2025

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