spongy

Example Sentences

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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 result -- a spongy, tofu-textured mass -- is dried, turned out and delivered.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

Its paint peeled, and its original wooden floors turned spongy.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025

Otherwise, the food product can end up greasy, spongy or just plain disgusting.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2024

Just past an old, flooded shed, the ground turns spongy under my heels and sends up the bready smell of decomposing grasses.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper