sponge

Example Sentences

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"I'm watching, I'm learning, I'm absorbing, I'm trying to be like a little sponge."

From BBC

In the mornings his face swells up “like a sponge leaking at the eyes.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Power companies are searching for partners that can act like a sponge for electricity.

From The Wall Street Journal

I snapped, picked up a sponge and became — somewhat to my surprise — a clean-as-you-go convert.

From Salon

"This study revealed the importance of such breccia, which forms due to the erosion of seafloor mountains along mid-ocean ridges, as a sponge for carbon in the long-term carbon cycle."

From Science Daily