sponging

Example Sentences

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Sponging is once more an exception, in that profit and learning here go hand in hand; you grasp your end as soon as you begin.

From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)

Sponging and washing for dark atmospheric effect is barbarous, and mere tyro's work, though it is often useful for passages of delicate atmospheric light.

From The Elements of Drawing In Three Letters to Beginners by Ruskin, John

Sponging is an old word; what does it really mean?

From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)

Sponging should be done cautiously lest the foreign body be hidden in secretions or food accumulation, and dislodged.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

Sponging out the world of the outliers, it gives no foothold on another sphere in return.

From Waifs and Strays Part 1 by Henry, O.