How to Use dilute in a Sentence

dilute

verb

• You can dilute the medicine with water.
• The hiring of the new CEO diluted the power of the company's president.
• The blooming gel will help dilute and spread the color.
  — Lisa Desantis, Glamour, 10 Aug. 2023
• The water will soon be diluted and pumped into the sea.
  — Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 18 July 2023
• Its crisp, clean taste doesn't get diluted when poured over ice.
  — Sarah Wharton, Good Housekeeping, 25 Aug. 2023
• But the Mexican corn cake helped dilute the sweetness and balance the dish.
  — Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2024
• The cone also keeps things cold without diluting your drink, a win for warmer months.
  — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2023
• The Supreme Court has said in the past the law bars states from drawing voting lines in a way that dilutes the power of racial minorities.
  — Greg Stohr, Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2023
• This happens when fluid that is pulled into the bloodstream to dilute glucose comes from the lenses of the eyes.
  — Gary Gilles, Verywell Health, 18 Dec. 2023
• That means more equity on the table and diluting IRR as well.
  — Jason Kaminsky, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• The men are now suing Trump Media, claiming the company had worked to dilute their shares.
  — Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
• At times, the beverages giant would shift staff and schedules to dilute union votes at certain stores.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2023
• Even most bulls don’t dispute his hefty price cuts will dilute margins from their recent levels of close to 30%.
  — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2023
• What Could Be Better There’s no ice cylinder, so ice will dilute the drink within.
  — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2023
• That doesn’t mean that the music is getting simpler or diluted.
  — Michelle Guerrero, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
• Or, dilute your essential oils to spray on your clothes and belongings.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2023
• Pasta water is rich and flavorful and will not dilute the dish.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
• To make your own broom fragrance, dilute any essential oil with water and use a spray bottle to spritz the mixture over the entirety of the broom.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2023
• Those are all amplified by the fact that this whisky was not diluted before bottling.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2023
• The numbers in the scale represented the amount of times the concentration needed to be diluted to reach no spice.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
• The move sends a dispute over whether districts diluted Black voting power back to a lower court.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
• As the body pulls water out of the tissues to dilute the blood and get rid of excess glucose, the urge to drink increases to replenish that fluid.
  — Elizabeth Woolley, Verywell Health, 22 Jan. 2023
• It was recommended to install an intake fan run through the AC unit in order for fresh air to dilute the gas to a safe level.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 15 Mar. 2023
• There’s no risk of it getting diluted, because there’s no ice cubes involved.
  — Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appétit, 21 June 2023
• The director brought in so many moving parts and so many other actors that mine got diluted.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
• Too much water dilutes the fluids that carry signals amongst your cells, and that can lead to heart trouble and seizures, among other things.
  — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 21 June 2023
• During each round, many analysts feared that expanding the bloc would dilute it.
  — Carl Bildt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2023
• Remove the top of a glass ornament, and swirl around crafts paint diluted with water on the inside of the ornament until it's coated.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2023
• But Alabama has repeatedly tried to redraw districts in a way that keeps the status quo and dilutes Black votes.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
• While all those additional pieces of the puzzle may have diluted the impact of the original film, its one-of-a-kindness still stands.
  — Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024