SPONGE in a Sentence
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32 example sentences for SPONGE, such as:
1. Marine sponges have a long fossil record.
2. I should have exuded tears like a wet sponge.
3. If there was one thing that he hated it was a sponge.
4. His mind was like a sponge, ready to absorb anything.
5. You should try to sponge out the memory of the accident.
2. I should have exuded tears like a wet sponge.
3. If there was one thing that he hated it was a sponge.
4. His mind was like a sponge, ready to absorb anything.
5. You should try to sponge out the memory of the accident.
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Meanings and Examples of SPONGE
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sponge
n. primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
n. a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
Classic Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1 I returned, sought the sponge on the washstand, the salts in my drawer, and once more retraced my steps.
2 He took the sponge, dipped it in, and moistened the corpse-like face; he asked for my smelling-bottle, and applied it to the nostrils.
3 Mr. Rochester put the now bloody sponge into my hand, and I proceeded to use it as he had done.
4 I'll go down and get some fresh water and sponge you off.
5 That's Mammy gettin the water to sponge off the young Misses.
6 She seized the rouge sponge, daubed her cheeks, scratched at her lips with the vermilion pencil until they stung, tore open her collar.
7 A sponge has no more partitions and ducts than the mound of earth for a circuit of six leagues round about, on which rests the great and ancient city.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA
8 It appears to me that if my boots need a sponge, your stockings and shoes stand in equal need of a brush.
9 With one hand she was supporting the fat baby that lay floating and sprawling on its back, while with the other she squeezed the sponge over him.
10 And he let her shave him or sponge all his body as if he were a child, really as if he were a child.
11 If there was one thing that he hated it was a sponge.
12 I should have exuded tears like a wet sponge.
13 There was no sign of Prissy so she went back upstairs, sponged Melanie's perspiring body and combed out her long dark hair.
14 Scarlett sponged her face in silence but fear was gnawing at her.
15 Mammy cried silently as she sponged the gaunt bodies, using the remnant of an old apron as a cloth.
Example Sentence:
1 Saturate your sponge with water until it can't hold any more.
2 Capable of holding 100 times its own weight in water, the structural sponge is realized by adding a hardening agent, which creates a shell on the surface.
3 When I licked the sponge holes on the base of her anterior skull plate, it was the translator hanging on her chest that said, "Stop that tickles".
4 Give it a sponge with a damp cloth - that will remove the blood stains.
5 You should try to sponge out the memory of the accident.
6 His mind was like a sponge, ready to absorb anything.
7 Given the right environment, children are like sponges and will soak up information.
8 Marine sponges have a long fossil record.