How to Use leach in a Sentence

leach

verb

• Even a small amount of rain can leach the toxic material from the soil.
• Certain kinds of treated wood can leach chemicals into the soil.
• The chemical eventually leaches away from the soil.
• The salt will leach the liquid from the fruit and make a brine.
  — Abra Berens, Bon Appétit, 24 July 2023
• Without that, the water would leach the copper out of pipes.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 18 Oct. 2021
• If left to sit too long, the potatoes will leach too much liquid.
  — Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2023
• The juices from the meat and the vegetables leach out and combine with the cooking liquid to create the base for the stew.
  — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2022
• Without that action, the moisture will simply leach out and the meat will be sad and shrunken.
  — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 16 Sep. 2022
• And all the while, legalized vices in Nevada were beginning to leach the dirty lucre out of L.A.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2021
• Lead can leach into the water from pipes, fixtures or solder in the plumbing.
  — Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Dec. 2022
• Skip the aluminum bottles, too, as the metal and the coatings can leach bad stuff into your water.
  — Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2020
• In this case, chemicals can leach from the plastic into the water.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
• When these chemicals in the plastic come in contact with food, the phthalates leave the plastic and leach into the food.
  — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2021
• Plastic breaks down over time, which can cause chemicals to leach into your food.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2023
• It has been found in the air near PVC factories and hazardous waste sites, and can leach into groundwater.
  — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
• Vitamin C is water soluble and can leach out of the pineapple if it is cooked or sauteed.
  — Katy Severson, chicagotribune.com, 26 Feb. 2021
• Repot your plants into fresh potting soil (and a larger pot) and then leach the soil by letting water drip through for a few hours.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2021
• The chemicals break down slowly over time and leach into water and soil, and have been found in the blood of people and animals.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 26 Aug. 2022
• Plus, a lot of the fertilizer will leach into the groundwater due to the excessive rain.
  — oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2021
• The main remedy is to add chemicals to keep it from leaching out of pipes and plumbing fixtures.
  — CBS News, 30 Nov. 2023
• These pots and pans tend to be durable, cook evenly and quickly and don’t leach materials into foods.
  — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2020
• Centuries of heavy rainfall have also leached nutrients from the soil.
  — WIRED, 22 July 2023
• If that’s the case, some such extract could pass a lab test for lead prior to being sold, since the heavy metal would slowly leach into the product over time.
  — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 12 Aug. 2021
• The metals and toxic substances can leach into water and soil and poison both wildlife and humans.
  — The Arizona Republic, 21 Apr. 2023
• Those toxins can leach into water — and have, according to sampling around the state.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Mar. 2022
• In western Oregon, rain tends to leach out minerals and results in soils that become more acidic.
  — oregonlive, 26 July 2021
• The toxic chemical then begins to leach into our food chain.
  — Sarah Jay, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2022
• Cooking highly acidic foods for a while in a young pan may also cause tiny amounts of iron to leach into your food, giving it a weird metallic taste.
  — Marygrace Taylor, SELF, 6 Nov. 2021
• Packaging Avoid products that are packaged in plastic as this can leach into the oil.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 May 2022
• Full of enzymes and bacteria and critters, the manure will clean the residual gore from the bones and leach out any remaining oil.
  — Peter Wayne Moe, Longreads, 25 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024