spongy

The factory that AFP visited in Hunan province's Pingjiang turns out nearly 700 tonnes per day of the spongy, red-coloured strips, which look like squashed French fries covered in oil.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

"The discovery indicates that perhaps the first sponges were spongy but not glassy," Xiao said.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2026

Due to the water’s high mineral content, the fall’s boulders have developed a spongy texture that allows you to climb barefoot while water gushes over your feet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

The Mayo Clinic says it’s a non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that occurs when white blood cells turn into cancer cells and build up in the spongy material of the marrow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024

The earth was still spongy, and it was very hard work, walking, because of that, and the wet foliage clinging about their ankles.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill

Among the efforts to make the city spongier — and therefore less dependent on imported water — is the Safe Clean Water Program, which L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

Don't use lowfat or nonfat milk, which would give the custard a blander flavor and spongier texture, with a higher risk of curdling.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2021

For years, most researchers agreed that sponges were the sister group of the first animals, suggesting a simpler, spongier forebear.

From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2019

My insides felt like the roof of my mouth, but warmer and spongier.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 7, 2019

Hip-hop has never seen a spongier musician than Drake, just one of the reasons that he’s among music’s most divisive stars.

From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2017

When a church supper was toward, she was always called upon for her wonderful mayonnaise dressing, or her angel-food cake,—sure to be the lightest and spongiest in any assemblage of cakes.

From One of Ours by Willa Sibert Cather