water-soluble

Definitions

Examples

• Fluoride first entered an American water supply through a rather inelegant technocratic scheme.

• When cities started adding chlorine to their water supplies, in the early 1900s, it set off public outcry.

• Before anti-vaxxers, there were anti-fluoriders: a group who spread fear about the anti-tooth decay agent added to drinking water.

• Placed in drinking water, fluoride can serve people who otherwise have poor access to dental care.

• In secret, before the referendum, the council went ahead and fluoridated the water anyway.

• Urbanity ushers in water that needs no apology, and gives a zest to the worst vintage.

• The two women had no intention of bathing; they had just strolled down to the beach for a walk and to be alone and near the water.

• Mrs. Woodbury paints in oils and water-colors; the latter are genre scenes, and among them are several Dutch subjects.

• But there was a breeze blowing, a choppy, stiff wind that whipped the water into froth.

• She threw out her arms as if swimming when she walked, beating the tall grass as one strikes out in the water.