spongelike
Example Sentences
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They processed niobium oxide into a spongelike form, made up of nanoscale tendrils shot through with micron-size pores.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 6, 2022
The researchers first modeled spongelike environments on a computer and found that varying chamber sizes would allow many different bacterial strains to thrive.
From Scientific American ● May 27, 2022
They sip carbon dioxide out of the air, catching it in spongelike filters.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2021
While it is true that some lovers leave indelible marks in one’s memory, a healthy brain remains spongelike and able to canonize new experience.
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2020
One quick hard cut; a sharp gasp from Clee; a repetition; then two more times crossways—and a firm, spongelike metallic disc lay revealed.
From Astounding Stories, July, 1931 by Various
