How to Use alkaline in a Sentence

alkaline

adjective

• The smell of bleach was an alkaline sting in the back of his throat and on the lids of his eyes.
  — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2018
• Do not use ash if your soil pH is alkaline (more than 7.0).
  — Kym Pokorny, OregonLive.com, 20 Mar. 2018
• If the soil is very alkaline‚ over 8.0‚ lower the pH by adding sulfur.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 30 May 2017
• If the soil is very alkaline—over 8.0—lower the pH by adding sulfur.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 8 July 2019
• Was the presence of a limestone wall making the soil too alkaline for their taste?
  — Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2019
• What is the story on those types that are growing in alkaline soils?
  — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 12 Mar. 2020
• In alkaline soils, such as those on the south shore, the aluminum ions are not available and flower heads tend to be pink.
  — NOLA.com, 19 May 2017
• The soil pH affects the flower color with more blue in acidic soils and pink in slightly acidic to alkaline soils.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2017
• Aluminum ions are most available in soils that are acidic and are less available where soils are alkaline.
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 30 Sep. 2020
• The alkaline electric diet is foods that create the least amount of mucus.
  — Julissa Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022
• That’s why dogwoods and loblolly pines from East Texas don’t survive in our alkaline black clays here in the Metroplex.
  — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 21 Dec. 2017
• My Heucheras may have been bred to tolerate more alkaline soil.
  — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 11 Apr. 2018
• To entangle all the atoms, the scientists used strong heat in an alkaline vapor cloud.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 11 June 2020
• Acidic soils such as near pine or redwood trees produce blue flowers; alkaline soils (such as heavy clay) prompt the flowers to be pink.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee.com, 30 June 2017
• Inside the factory, the air is steamy from warm baths of alkaline water in which bushels of kozo — the stems of mulberry trees — are soaked.
  — Oliver Whang, New York Times, 5 May 2020
• More acidic soil, which has a lower pH, yields blue flowers, and alkaline soil, which has a higher pH, yields pink flowers.
  — Michele Petry, House Beautiful, 18 Apr. 2019
• Please note urinary pH is not and indicator of whether your blood is alkaline or acidic.
  — Steven MacAri, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 June 2015
• There are some stores in Detroit that sell nothing but alkaline water.
  — John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2020
• The discharge was found to be alkaline and not as prone to carrying heavy metals, which can occur with acidic mine drainage, Sherlock said.
  — Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 May 2021
• But copper reacts with acidic food and aluminum with alkaline foods.
  — Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2022
• Stick with cleaners that have a neutral pH (seven) or are alkaline (above seven).
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 July 2019
• Today, the alkaline mineral water, discovered in 1882 by one of the city’s founders, Capt.
  — Phil Diehl, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 Sep. 2017
• How to change the color of hydrangeas: In areas with alkaline soils, like the south shore, hydrangeas tend to produce flowers that are pink or pinkish-lavender.
  — NOLA.com, 17 Feb. 2018
• So Halámek and his team focused on levels of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), an enzyme found in blood, to determine age.
  — National Geographic, 29 June 2016
• That’s because volcanic rocks are alkaline and react to the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
  — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 16 Dec. 2019
• There are cheaper places to camp around the area, but WellSprings camping includes a swim in the 103-degree naturally alkaline pool free of charge.
  — Joe Jackson, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 May 2018
• Ionic could change that equation with an alkaline battery the company said could be recharged hundreds of times.
  — John Markoff, The Seattle Times, 3 Aug. 2017
• The space is dark, moody, and relaxed, and each of the small, individual rooms offers a jug of filtered, ionized, and alkaline water.
  — Kelly Conaboy, The Atlantic, 1 June 2017
• The flowers on this mophead are bicolored with white and either deep blue—in acidic soil—or magenta in more alkaline soil.
  — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Sep. 2022
• The big caveats are to avoid using any products that contain chlorine bleach or are strongly alkaline, such as oven cleaners or drain openers.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 8 Aug 2024