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Six example sentences with aqueous, each labelled with its topic.
Landscape painters prefer an aqueous medium for skies, since it lifts off the paper cleanly when a wash goes wrong.
Art
The pharmacist mixed an aqueous drop rather than an oily ointment, since the patient's eyes stung after every application.
Medicine
Darkroom chemistry begins with an aqueous bath, so the powdered developer is stirred into a jug from the tap.
Photography
A vinaigrette splits because its aqueous vinegar and its oil refuse to mix without mustard to bind them.
Cooking
Aqueous batteries use a water-based electrolyte, so a punctured cell drips instead of catching fire.
Technology
The restoration team chose an aqueous sealant for the timber, since solvent-based coats would have yellowed the oak.
Architecture
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