Sentence examples for watered down adaptation from inspiring English sources

The film may be a watered down adaptation of the BDSM-centric book, and the trailer a SFW glimpse of it at that, but this didn't stop Gifford adopting the face of someone who'd just watched Elmo be sodomised by Zeus himself.

Object to the novel as much as you like (and heaven knows I do) but to be cast as the female love interest in a film adaptation of a massively popular book – well, it's not Vivien Leigh getting Scarlett O'Hara, perhaps, but let's call it potentially the watered down version of Renée Zellweger getting Bridget Jones.

The show is also a good example of how British humor sometimes gets watered down in adaptation.

watered down its VaR.

Gradually, sanctions get watered down.

This was also watered down.

Some found programs watered down.

They were later watered down.

The suggestion was subsequently watered down.

But neither is it watered down.

The drinks were watered down.