- present participle of sponge.
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
There’s a lot of scraping and sponging involved.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2023
Dr. Jay has studied the body’s responses to sitting near an electric fan, wearing wetted clothing and sponging down with water.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2022
I’ve got her stool and her bucket and her towel, and I’m sponging her off on a nightly basis, sending her back into the fray.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
Fifty track workers slogged over the course, sponging the mud out of the puddles.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
