sponge

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Further along the table, a three-tiered honey cake sits near a wholemeal plum cake with spiced icing, while a Swedish princess cake draws gasps of admiration with its dome of sponge, jam, custard and marzipan.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

The findings raise new questions about what drove the earliest stages of sponge evolution.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

The presence of these sponge specific chemical signatures strengthens the case that ancestors of demosponges were among the first animals to evolve, emerging well before most other major animal groups.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

To use as a metal, titanium ore has to be turned into a porous form called sponge — the U.S. imports over 95% of that.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

Like a sponge, his dry tongue started to expand.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young