How to Use like water in a Sentence

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• The labors of love that pour forth are like water in the midst of a dry and weary land.
  — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 9 Feb. 2024
• Coming straight out of the tree, the sap tastes like water.
  — Wayne Parry, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
• With a bright smile and soothing voice, Athie moves like water.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 17 May 2024
• My tears are bitter; My bones are poured out like water.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
• The grains, like water, follow the path of least resistance.
  — Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 27 June 2024
• The police department says that he is known to like water and parks.
  — The Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2024
• Mediums like water and glass obscure the passthrough of light over a long enough distance.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 8 Nov. 2022
• That idea is harder to find now, in an age where music streams past us like water.
  — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025
• So, in knowing those dates ahead of time, music can be like water and just flow in between all of the rigidness.
  — Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 22 June 2023
• Following another ‘fit change, the crew moves the party to a strip club where the bills flow like water.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Aug. 2022
• And if your cat is one of the many that like water, congratulations!
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2024
• Best fragrances for Cancer: Go for warm and calming notes like water lilies, patchouli, and leather.
  — Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2023
• The sand flows through your toes like water; there is sea glass of various colors, pretty round stones, flat or in the shape of an egg.
  — Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
• The fare includes food, drinks like water and sodas, gratuities, Wi-Fi and more.
  — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2023
• And the thick, durable sole comes with plenty of traction to keep you from sliding around wet surfaces like water park grounds or pool decks.
  — Nicol Natale, People.com, 8 July 2025
• What is clear is what people here need: essentials like water, food and gas.
  — Dakin Andone and Dianne Gallagher, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
• Others bobbed about just beyond her reach like water lilies.
  — Jim Shepard, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
• Some people seem able to handle stress like water off a duck’s back, while the rest of the population seems to struggle.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
• There are quite a few small compartments for items like water bottles, as well as your keys, wallet, and phone.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
• Also part of the prize: $2,000 in travel funds and a swag bag with goodies like water bottles and a travel hammock.
  — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
• Some have touted the use of rice water to clean containers like water bottles, but that’s not risk-free, Brown said.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 8 Jan. 2024
• Six months since the quake, almost no homes have been rebuilt and no services, like water or sewer, have been restored.
  — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2023
• The game didn’t exactly flow like water, but the tide eventually turned the Warriors’ way.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
• Even Sam, who hated conflict with a passion and preferred to let rudeness roll off her like water off the back of a duck, had a breaking point.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025
• But campaign watchdogs say money, like water, always seems to find a way.
  — Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 4 June 2024
• The shimmery pattern may appear rippled, like water, or take on a faux bois (wood grain) pattern.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Nov. 2023
• While ice looks to the naked eye like water in solid form, a nanometer-thin layer of liquid water can coat its surface.
  — Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
• Basics like water, eggs, meat, and bread are moving fast across stores in the metroplex.
  — Nicole Nielsen, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
• Think of wind like water moving down a river.
  — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 15 Jan. 2026
• Through this, my memories flow by my brain like water.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2026