like water
Example Sentences
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Trade is like water — it will find its way.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
The sad eyes of cows “shone like water in a deep well.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
"We will elect someone who can improve the local community ... things like water and repairing the streets," said Manar Salman, an English teacher in Jericho.
From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026
The citrus industry adopted it early, and zealously, taking to it like water, spraying it all over the ground until not one sign of non-citrus life remained.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
“He blows his stack at me sometimes, but I let it roll off like water on a duck’s back. Harsh words were never fatal to anyone.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
