How to Use bathwater in a Sentence
bathwater
noun-
The point is not to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
— Andres Viglucci, miamiherald, 28 Apr. 2017 -
Stay with what has been proven good for you and don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
— Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 5 July 2020 -
And even though the color of the bathwater will change, none of these bath bombs will stain their tub.
— Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2023 -
The burns were so severe the women could see skin floating in the bathwater at the time.
— Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 11 May 2023 -
And that could be [throwing out the] baby with the bathwater.
— Katherine Dunn, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2020 -
Do not try to throw out the baby with the bathwater, you are forewarned.
— Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 June 2022 -
But there's no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater here.
— Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2010 -
The old theory of don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater.
— David Moore, Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2020 -
Adding sea moss to your bathwater can help to improve your skin health.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022 -
There is a great danger here of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
— Jennifer Johns, Quartz, 24 Dec. 2019 -
Elordi and Jade are still very much a thing, thank you very much, and that bathwater belongs to her.
— Vulture, 18 Jan. 2024 -
Not reason for panic, or to throw the baby out with the bathwater on the season.
— Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2020 -
There's nothing like the warm embrace of bathwater when you're all stuffed up.
— Nathalie Kirby, House Beautiful, 2 Apr. 2020 -
One mother and daughter share the same bathwater and spoon each other in bed.
— Tracy Swartz, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2019 -
Refusing to set goals at all is a bit like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
— Mikaela Kiner, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022 -
Unlike in most triathlons, where the swim acts as a coolant, the water in Tokyo Bay is expected to be bathwater warm.
— Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 July 2021 -
So the question for investors is to ask how to avoid this industry but not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
— Steve Butler, The Mercury News, 15 June 2017 -
There's a real risk that in the resulting backlash, the baby will get thrown out with the bathwater.
— Megan McArdle, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2017 -
Too many investors are throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
— Colin Darretta, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 -
Harvard has thrown the proverbial baby out with the bathwater.
— Erin Hawley, National Review, 19 Aug. 2019 -
In the bathroom, a teenage son—made of garibaldi cookies—bathed in chocolate cake bathwater.
— Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023 -
Colored salts can give your bathwater a tint, too, which some bathers enjoy.
— Jennifer Blair, chicagotribune.com, 20 Feb. 2021 -
After you’re finished eating, take the used peels and put them in your bathwater to extend the life of that citrusy aroma.
— Amanda Lauren, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2023 -
That drum was among the toys that got dumped into my children’s bathwater multiple times a week.
— Jenny Marder, The Seattle Times, 12 Feb. 2019 -
Saban essentially wants to throw out the BYUs with the G-5 bathwater.
— David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 July 2017 -
Instead of solving that problem, the company’s new policies appeared to throw the baby out with the bathwater — to take down the good with the bad in one fell swoop.
— Washington Post, 14 June 2019 -
Warm the mask in the shower or bathwater before using your fingers or a comb to work it into your hair, focusing on the ends.
— Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 20 Mar. 2017 -
That’s not to say manufacturers should throw the baby out with the bathwater.
— Lisa Caldwell, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021 -
In addition to the ocean, which is bathwater warm and practically wave-free, there’s a huge pool, plus a baby pool.
— Andrea Lavinthal, PEOPLE.com, 4 July 2018 -
The tendency becomes either to throw the baby out with the bathwater and ignore this issue, or go to the other extreme, and not have the technology at all.
— IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2024
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