sponging
Example Sentences
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Alice spends her days cleaning Lady Jemima’s stinky shoes, sponging her underwear and greasing her long blonde hair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Generative AI is developing so quickly that soon the large-language models sponging up information on the internet will run out of content to feed on.
From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2024
It was Herder who called Europe’s voracious expansionism worldwide “the grand European sponging enterprise.”
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2018
In the movie, it’s easy to identify Kroc as an amoral exploiter, sponging off the labors of Dick and Mac.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2017
Whenever I’m not mopping the dining room, sponging down the tables, or sweeping the stairs, I’m shooting hoops.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
