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

During winter, when trees and shrubs have lost their leaves, the insects' oothecae, brown, spongy egg cases measuring about 2 to 3 cm, become easy to spot on branches.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 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

I glance up to see a spot on the ceiling that looks spongy and damp.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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