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Six example sentences with alkaline, each labelled with its topic.
Pretzels get their mahogany crust from an alkaline dip, which is why plain baking soda water changes everything.
Cooking
Runoff from the cement works left the pond so alkaline that the frogs abandoned it within one season.
Environment
Soap feels slippery because the alkaline solution reacts with the oils on your skin, not because of any coating.
Science
An alkaline battery holds its charge on the shelf for years, which is why smoke alarms ship with one inside.
Technology
The lab flagged her urine as unusually alkaline, and the doctor asked about the antacids she took after every meal.
Medicine
Lake Natron is so alkaline that few animals drink from it, yet flamingos nest on its salt flats by the thousand.
Travel
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