A substance that contains polar covalent bonds may not be overall polar ... This means that the molecule itself is non-polar due to symmetry.

In the water molecule, the oxygen and hydrogen atoms share electrons in covalent bonds ... Alcohol has one O–H bond which is polar, but a large portion of the molecule is made up of C–H bonds which ...

Sucrose has many O–H bonds which are polar ... from each other and mix into the water. The water is polar, so it dissolves the polar color and sugar. The alcohol has a polar area but a larger ...