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How to use dilute in a sentence

23 example sentences · verb, adjective, noun

Dilute means to make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water. Example: “It dilutes easily.”

Examples of dilute by meaning

verbTo weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.

  • It's healthy to have people in the military who would perhaps rather be somewhere else; they can dilute the more gung-ho military types.1980 August 30, Jil Clark, quoting Jane, “Gays Talk About Registration and the Draft”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 9
  • Courts have repeatedly struck down Republican-drawn maps on the grounds that they constitute illegal racial gerrymanders designed to dilute the electoral power of Black voters, who overwhelmingly cast Democratic ballots.2025 October 27, Russell Berman, “‘California Is Allowed to Hit Back’”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2025

verbTo become attenuated, thin, or weak.

  • It dilutes easily.

adjectiveHaving a low concentration.

  • Clean the panel with a dilute, neutral cleaner.

adjectiveOf an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.

  • a dilute calico
  • a cat with a dilute tortoiseshell coat

nounAn animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.

  • On average, blues and other dilutes have weaker coats and skin problems seem more prevalent in the dilutes.2000, Joe Stahlkuppe, American Pit Bull Terrier Handbook, page 131

More sentences with dilute

  • He was tryin' to dilute my squash, and I was like, "Not today, Satan."2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Yas (Vivian Oparah). From the entry satan
  • The venturi tube is specially used for the measurement of flow of semi liquids with dilute slurries.2009, U.A. Bakshi, A.V. Bakshi, Instrumentation Engineering, page 103. From the entry semi liquid
  • If ecstasy is going to be stepped on, you'd dilute it with something cheaper than heroin.1994 December 18, NICK LEZARD, “Stepped-On X”, in alt.psychoactives (Usenet). From the entry step on
  • Some gays are simply intolerant and others see proclaiming biness as diluting the issues.1992 March 25, Iseult White, “Re: De-muffining, me too!”, in soc.bi (Usenet). From the entry biness
  • After washing, the insoluble lime soap is decomposed with hot dilute sulphuric acid.1908, Michael Faraday, The Chemical History of a Candle. From the entry decant
  • Put the domestos in a bowl and dilute with the water. (Note the small amount of water keeps the bleach concentrated).1996 September 7, Lee-Jon Moore, “Bleached Jeans”, in alt.skinheads (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 Sep 2025. From the entry jeanies
  • She kept a supply of pepsinated milk on hand and insisted that he use it to dilute his whiskey.1994, Terry Reksten, The Dunsmuir Saga. From the entry pepsinated
  • The gas passed through towers T1 and T2 in series and was scrubbed counter-currently with dilute H2SO4 to recover ammonia.1932 January, Floyd B. Hobart and D. J. Demorest, Bulletin, numbers 57-69, Engineering Experiment Station of the Ohio State University…. From the entry scrub
  • He must not dilute his own soul’s essence.1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter II, in Zuleika Dobson. From the entry anchorite
  • That’s basically what you’re in for with this British postapocalyptic survival horror tale, which starts off strong but dilutes its impact with every consecutive reveal.2017 February 23, Katie Rife, “The Girl With All The Gifts tries to put a fresh spin on overripe zombie clichés”, in The Onion AV Club. From the entry reveal
  • Popularly called Matnacha Rassa, red hot meat dish is served with robust chappatis, white gravy to dilute its pungency and a chilly gravy.2009, Shashank R. Joshi, Jaideep Shinde, “Region-based Diets in India”, in Anoop Mishra, editor, ECAB Clinical Update: Diabetology…. From the entry chilly
  • Warm or tepid water systems that dilute domestic hot water from a water heater with cold water upstream from the outlet source are not recommended.2003, Roger F Jones, Martha J Boss, Dennis W Day, Biological Risk Engineering Handbook. From the entry domestic hot water
  • The natural clays in the earth's crust, for instance, tend to adsorb Pu ions from dilute water streams, locking them away from human biopaths.1978, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Fossil and Nuclear Energy Research…. From the entry biopath
  • Baristas recommend serving dalgonas over ice with a splash of milk, which dilutes your coffee and gives a beautiful contrast between the pale milk and dark froth.2023 July 22, Laura Honey, “I tried the TikTok-viral dalgona coffee trend: a barista’s thoughts”, in Homes & Gardens, archived from the…. From the entry dalgona
  • The large spread of these potentials, however, seems to indicate that potentials in the dilute solutions of this series somehow vagrate within a fairly wide range.1956, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Proceedings: Physical sciences. Series B - Volume 59, page 76. From the entry vagrate
  • They also developed an apparatus or odorimeter for determining weights of vapors volatilized at uniform rates and diluting the vapors to various concentrations by means of measured streams of air.1930, Sidney Hershberg Katz, E. J. Talbert, Intensities of Odors and Irritating Effects of Warning Agents for Inflammable and Poisonous…. From the entry odorimeter

Meaning of dilute

  1. verb To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
  2. verb To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
  3. verb To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.

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Questions about dilute in a sentence

How do you use dilute in a sentence?
Dilute is used as a verb, adjective and noun. For example: “It dilutes easily.”
What is a short sentence with dilute?
“It dilutes easily.”
What does dilute mean?
Dilute means to make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.

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