spongy

During winter, when trees and shrubs have lost their leaves, the insects' oothecae, brown, spongy egg cases measuring about 2 to 3 cm, become easy to spot on branches.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

Focaccia, with its airy, spongy interior and crisp, olive-oil–slicked crust, is equal parts hearty and delicate, an ideal sandwich bread if there ever was one.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2026

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

The plane dug a trench more than thirty feet deep into the spongy earth of the old strip cuts on Skyline Drive, directly between two hushed, abandoned pieces of mining equipment.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Among the efforts to make the city spongier — and therefore less dependent on imported water — is the Safe Clean Water Program, which L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

Defrosted, it expels most of its water, allowing it to soak up sauce and take on a spongier, meatier texture that's sandwich-worthy.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2023

Farther down, ferns grew spongier leaves that were damp to the touch.

From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2021

My insides felt like the roof of my mouth, but warmer and spongier.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 7, 2019

Hip-hop has never seen a spongier musician than Drake, just one of the reasons that he’s among music’s most divisive stars.

From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2017

When a church supper was toward, she was always called upon for her wonderful mayonnaise dressing, or her angel-food cake,—sure to be the lightest and spongiest in any assemblage of cakes.

From One of Ours by Cather, Willa Sibert