By the time the two words had dissolved I knew my mission wouldn't be complete with a trip to the island.

Why had a few kind words, well meant, dissolved me?

The words on the screen dissolved into a view of the main entrance from a point behind the curving information desk.

A single word of compunction from her husband would have dissolved the prison walls.

Silence held the gathering as the final words of the chant dissolved.

The word dissolved into the head and shoulders of an earnest-looking, handsome older man.

"I'm sorry," she said, but the words dissolved as mist does under the sun.

Paul opened his mouth to speak but the words dissolved.

But the words dissolved before he could shift the face of the cube toward the Mentat.

The last word dissolved against his mouth as she leaned down to kiss it softly.