How to Use fluid in a Sentence

fluid

1 of 2 adjective
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  • Crouched, the fishers meld into the fluid scene, as if rocks in the marsh.
    — Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Yet in Ukraine, at least, the result has not been a fluid war of shock and awe.
    — Shashank Joshi, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The burn is expected to take place for about an hour, though the timetable is fluid.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Your feet and legs may swell in response as fluid pools there.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Inside these organs there is fluid, which moves when the body and head move.
    — Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
  • At least that was the projection in a fluid points race to finish in the top 70 for the season and advance.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Tissue had been cut from both sides of his calf to relieve fluid buildup.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • Performance is pretty good, the screen is sharp and fluid, and the battery life is great.
    — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Going into the first game of the season, a roster is fluid.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Time is fluid and the story is told in flashbacks, with match cuts that will make even an avid fan’s head spin.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2023
  • Most of the standouts, though, are rustic scenes that freeze the fluid interplay of light and water.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
  • First, the crust could establish a new state of fluid flow and all this restlessness could end.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2023
  • Doctors are most worried about the next few days as Jensen-Roehl’s body responds to the injuries and surgery with swelling and fluid build-up.
    — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 12 May 2023
  • Her in-the-pocket playing is malleable and by turns fluid, funky and super-heavy.
    — Katherine Turman, SPIN, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The algorithms should pick up every nail in a tire, fluid leak, dent on a fender, or crack in the windshield.
    — WIRED, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The hoodie usage may remain fluid for Smith and the rest of Texas’ relievers.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 3 Apr. 2023
  • In my testing, videos were sharp and fluid with no stuttering or lag.
    — Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2024
  • This is a fluid, ongoing process, one designed to adapt to change in real time.
    — Mark A. Cohen, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The fluid virtual bodies we were promised turned out to be boxy cartoon avatars.
    — WIRED, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Motions like rolls and jumps feel more fluid than on the Xreal or TCL glasses (below).
    — Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 20 June 2023
  • These days, the variations of how and when fans discover a franchise are more fluid.
    — Becca Schwartz, Variety, 28 July 2023
  • As dancers move their hands in fluid and sharp ways around their heads and bodies, a story is created out of each hand flick and arm pump.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Blood volume refers to the total amount of fluid circulating in your heart.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Most sweeping are three large seascapes that suggest the hard surfaces below the fluid, cold-hued water.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Seeing the sun right on top of us makes noon the perfect choice, but the ground takes time to heat up and depending on other factors, the hottest time of day is more fluid.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 14 July 2023
  • As a result, blood pools in your legs and causes fluid retention.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 28 Nov. 2023
  • This could include oil changes, fluid checks, and brake pad replacements.
    — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 18 July 2023
  • Now and then a blast of air clears the machinery’s crevices so the conveyor belts remain in constant, fluid motion.
    — Danny Freedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023
  • To Goodell’s shock, Lloyd leaned in and snatched his new boss off the ground in a motion so fluid that Goodell simply tucked his feet back and broke out into a laugh.
    — Elena Bergeron, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The pigments mixed with the water, yielding imagery that is soft and seemingly fluid.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
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fluid

2 of 2 noun
  • Please check the fluids in the car's engine.
  • She needs to drink plenty of fluids.
  • Fluid leaked from the car's engine.
  • Once the warmer is full of fluid, put the burner back on and apply a flame.
    — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Enter Email Sign Up As the plane speeds through the air, the air reacts like fluid.
    — Ben Finley, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2023
  • Apply the cloth to your ear for five to ten minutes, and the fluids in your ear should start to drain. 5.
    — Elizabeth Preske, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2023
  • In the hospital, doctors drained two and a half liters of fluid from the wall of his lungs.
    — Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Try these tips to help you get rid of that extra fluid.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 28 Nov. 2023
  • And treatment for that is to give massive amounts of fluids.
    — Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Once the cage enters the skin, salts in our skin fluids pull the cage apart, releasing the vaccine.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 18 May 2023
  • The fluid itself is playing a very minor role on how the tail moves.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The front trunk gives access to brake fluid and washer juice.
    — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 19 Aug. 2023
  • From his shawls, the man pulled out two flutes and began to play—a fluid, warbling melody over a low drone.
    — James Stewart, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The cochlea is filled with fluid, is lined with 3,500 hair cells and is encased in a dense dome of bone with a tiny, round membrane.
    — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The jar was about half full of a clear fluid that smelled like an accelerant, the complaint says.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • This fluid interacts with the rest of the materials and fuses the rocks of the mantle.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Immune cells also travel through the blood and spinal fluid, and the brain is filled with tiny blood vessels.
    — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Spray mops don’t need a bucket because the cleaning fluid is inside the mop.
    — Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The frustrating thing, Dr. Parsa adds, is that the swelling or fluid build up can fluctuate.
    — Taryn Brooke, Allure, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Once produced, the hormone enters the bloodstream and fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
    — Elana Spivack, Scientific American, 5 May 2023
  • The gold takes the form of a glowing liquid that pours from gashes in the tree, like the bodily fluid of a suffering Earth.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Keep cool as much as possible, and drink plenty of fluids.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 12 July 2023
  • Then the vehicle ran out of the hydraulic fluid essential to powering the movement of the fins.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2023
  • And one of them was stuck in the narrow tube that carries the digestive fluid known as bile from the gallbladder to the small intestine.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • We weren’t allowed to be in a room together, let alone swap the kind of fluids that humans need to swap not just for joy but for survival.
    — Emerald Fennell, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Sadly, the Lab's tumor has begun to grow again, but Brown is draining it of fluid once a week to keep it from getting too large.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 9 June 2023
  • Ask the helper to slowly lift his foot off the pedal, then depress it again, repeating until fresh fluid comes through the hose.
    — Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
  • To reduce your risk of kidney problems, be sure to drink plenty of fluids while on Ozempic.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Other fluids such as green tea, cranberry juice, and lemon water can also help to flush out delta-8 from the body.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Sep. 2023
  • It is typified by shortness of breath and by coughing up frothy, pink fluid.
    — Allie Conti, Field & Stream, 27 Sep. 2023

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