dilute
verb (used with object)
to make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by the addition of water or the like.
was diluting
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past progressiveof dilute.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The greatest challenge to his papacy, however, came on two fronts: from those who accused him of failing to tackle child abuse and from conservative critics who felt that he was diluting the faith.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2025
Her personality was diluting — on its way out, with seemingly nothing to replace it.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
Claiming the horse race element of polls was diluting their value and taking from more worthy studies, the famed Gallup poll group stopped handicapping the presidential race.
From Washington Times ● May 11, 2018
“Reebok was diluting the growth and the margins,” he said Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2016
He was, he thought contemptuously, growing soft; senility was diluting his fibre, blurring his inner vision.
From The Three Black Pennys A Novel by Joseph Hergesheimer
