sponge on
Example Sentences
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"We'd be given smelling salts, sponge on the neck, back out and play," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025
At Madison’s studio, she found something beautiful to put her sponge on and much more.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2022
“To me, the sponge on it is just easier to scrub a dirty floor with,” she said.
From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2021
Back in his holding room, and out of sight of Nixon, Kennedy had his media guy, Bill Wilson, sponge on the powder.
From MSNBC • Sep. 16, 2015
She walked over to the stove and ran a sponge on the warm surface, over and over, her back to Odenigbo.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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