How to Use pH in a Sentence

pH

noun

• Finding the pH of your soil is quick and easy to do with a soil test kit.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2022
• What's more, the increase in pH lasted for up to three months.
  — New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2025
• But when a wound becomes infected, its pH goes up to about nine.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2021
• Over time, these deposits may alter the soil pH and affect the plant’s health.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2025
• If the pH is down around 5, go ahead with a lime application.
  — oregonlive, 18 Apr. 2021
• This rinse-off masque balances the skin's pH to help achieve a smooth and clear complexion.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 26 Sep. 2022
• These support the correct pH of your skin and help dissolve signs of aging.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 June 2022
• Our winter rainfall pattern tends to lower soil pH over time.
  — oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2020
• There could be all kinds of nutrients available, but when the pH is off plants won’t be able to use them.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 10 Sep. 2020
• Without the proper pH level, the plants could whither or die.
  — Angela Watson, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2021
• Healthy human skin is naturally acidic, with a pH around five.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2021
• Bar soaps can disrupt your skin’s pH balance, dry it out, and damage its barrier.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
• Use pH-neutral cleaners to avoid damage and residue left behind from some cleaners.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
• If the soil test indicates an acidic pH and reveals low magnesium levels, add dolomitic lime.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2021
• Most plants do fine with a neutral pH, but some plants prefer acidic soil and others prefer alkaline soil.
  — Judy Hake, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 20 Feb. 2021
• The change in pH causes the stone to dissolve, allowing it to be passed with urine more easily and with less pain.
  — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2025
• For now, Brawley is a one-man outfit, checking the oxygenation and pH of the tanks.
  — Zoeann Murphy, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2022
• Maidenhair ferns from other climates may like a more neutral pH, so adding a bit of lime to the soil would be to their liking.
  — oregonlive, 27 Dec. 2020
• The deeper the water, the stabler the nutrient and pH levels.
  — Angela Watson, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2021
• More likely, water fleas in the lagoon had turned red in response to sudden changes in pH or oxygen levels.
  — Ian Urbina, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021
• The device raised the liquid’s pH from 6, common in kidney stone cases, to 7.
  — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2025
• Use it regardless of your skin type to balance your skin’s pH and achieve a radiant appearance.
  — Joseph Deacetis, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
• The carbonates and oxides in the ash are valuable liming agents that can raise pH and help neutralize acid soils.
  — oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2021
• After five minutes under an infection-like pH, the cotton-polyester thread changes from bright red to dark purple.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2021
• Yet on the table in front of us were three vials of blue liquid with a pH of 4—roughly the acidity of coffee or orange juice.
  — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
• The barely-there color reacts with your body's pH, transforming to a custom and flattering shade of pink.
  — ELLE, 10 Jan. 2022
• Other tests can also determine the pH and organic matter content of the soil.
  — Nora Doonan, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2025
• Then, the small intestine’s pH triggers a motor inside the capsule that makes the pill begin spinning.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2022
• Both were gathered from no-till farmland, had the same pH, and contained a substantial amount of organic matter.
  — Jennifer Clare Ball, Wired, 30 Sep. 2021
• Many gardens in this area have soils with a high pH, in which more acidic, soil-loving plants such as river birch and rhododendrons perform poorly.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 24 Apr. 2021