How to Use phosphorus in a Sentence

phosphorus

noun

• Mix a sprinkling of phosphorus with the soil in the bottom of the hole or trench.
  — Charlotte Germane, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2023
• There are reports of the use of white phosphorus against the Kurds.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2019
• The phosphorus is able to form biomolecules which help lead to the emergence of life.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2021
• In a screwup, the phosphorus exploded not over the target but over the men.
  — Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
• To really decrease the amount of phosphorus in the lake.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 July 2022
• Finnegan said some years the district won’t use any phosphorus on park land.
  — Suzanne Baker, Naperville Sun, 3 July 2018
• The state has strict rules on the amount of phosphorus that can be discharged from wastewater treatment plants.
  — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2023
• What’s most puzzling about the amount of phosphorus in our galaxy?
  — Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
• The ratio of phosphorus to carbon—the P/C ratio—in Ryugu samples is about 1 to 100.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
• The scum spreads from the Maumee River, which dumps the majority of phosphorus that causes the blooms each year.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland.com, 23 Aug. 2019
• Add a handful of bonemeal if your soil is low in phosphorus.
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 30 May 2018
• Turns out the more bran and whole grains in bread, the higher their phosphorus and potassium content.
  — Hallie Levine, Health.com, 1 Nov. 2021
• The river now has three times the amount of nitrogen than in the 1950s, Rabalais said, and the amount of phosphorus has doubled.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 1 Aug. 2019
• What is white phosphorus, and is Russia using it in Ukraine?
  — Jean Song, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2022
• More:It's been more than a decade since Wisconsin cracked down on phosphorus.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2024
• Above ground, phosphorus allows crops to grow and is a critical part of the life cycle.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2020
• Previous studies have found that half the phosphorus in the lake in the summer comes from human urine.
  — Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• Israel has not signed and is not bound by the United Nations convention on the use of white phosphorus.
  — Ben Goggin, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023
• This helps to ensure that the phosphorus gets properly absorbed and doesn't run off.
  — Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2023
• However, this would have to be applied to half the cropland that has the highest phosphorus loss.
  — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2018
• Biggest source of the P phosphorus that causes this problem and creates this blue Jean blue, green.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 July 2022
• When the pH level is higher than 7.5, many plants will struggle to get enough phosphorus, iron and manganese.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
• Gene Odom had been thrown from the plane and broke his neck, his skin badly burned and one eye blinded by phosphorus from a de-icing flare that had been aboard.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2023
• Some of what's being asked of farmers to reduce phosphorus runoff is not cheap nor easy to deploy, Winslow said.
  — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2020
• The first, a process to remove phosphorus from wastewater, was used at several sewage treatment plants around the world.
  — Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2021
• The problem is that phosphorus and potassium stay put in the soil and applications can remain in the soil for years.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
• The seeds are rich in phosphorus, potassium, protein, manganese, folate, healthy fats, iron, and zinc, and are an easy way to give a dish more fiber.
  — Lauren Manaker, Verywell Health, 24 July 2023
• Try to drink it black, or with as little milk or cream as possible, since dairy itself is high in phosphorus.
  — Hallie Levine, Health.com, 1 Nov. 2021
• The filters, which do contain nitrogen and phosphorus, go to a landfill.
  — Bill Kearney, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
• The researchers’ material of choice was iron phosphorus trisulfide (FePS₃).
  — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2025