sponge

Example Sentences

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In the mornings his face swells up “like a sponge leaking at the eyes.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Power companies are searching for partners that can act like a sponge for electricity.

From The Wall Street Journal

I snapped, picked up a sponge and became — somewhat to my surprise — a clean-as-you-go convert.

From Salon

"This study revealed the importance of such breccia, which forms due to the erosion of seafloor mountains along mid-ocean ridges, as a sponge for carbon in the long-term carbon cycle."

From Science Daily

Sea slugs, corals, clams and sponges may not get as much of the spotlight as blue whales or sharks, but these curious creatures come with a host of unique, hard-to-believe abilities.

From The Wall Street Journal