waters
United States actress and singer (1896-1977)
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,628 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,165 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- United States actress and singer (1896-1977) also: Ethel Waters
- the serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion also: amniotic fluid, amnionic fluid before a woman gives birth her waters break
waters in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Elemental mad ramping of ravening waters— Yet Christ on the Mount, and the dove in her nest!
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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The walls, washed by the quiet waters, were covered with gold, which made one think of the yellow sands.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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And the song of our hearts shall be, While the winds and the waters rave, A home on the rolling sea!
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet!
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1