sponge on
Example Sentences
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Their mouths are “almost like if you had a pool noodle with a sponge on the end,” Andy Gloss, an evolutionary biologist at New York University, said.
From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2022
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
The cytosponge or "sponge on a string" will be offered to some patients as an alternative to an endoscopy.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2021
‘Then if he comes back you’ll let him stay here and sponge on you just as long as he pleases—like it was before?’
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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