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Spongy in a sentence

Spongy meaning

  1. Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous.
  2. Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.
  3. Drunk.

Using Spongy

  • The main meaning on this page is: Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous. | Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy. | Drunk.
  • Useful related words include: spongelike, squashy, squishy, soft.
  • In the example corpus, spongy often appears in combinations such as: and spongy, spongy and, spongy texture.

Context around Spongy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Spongy

  • In this selection, "spongy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, creamy, male, year, moths, metal and texture stand out and add context to how "spongy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a healthy spongy soft green and a nice spongy thing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "spongy" sits close to words such as abaribe, abbasids and abstentions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with spongy

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

It’s a nice spongy thing. (6 words)

They've succeeded in printing layers of the lungs' spongy tissues. (11 words)

In the past, we've had supply limited – or limited to spongy metal. (13 words)

The Advanced Ceramic coated plates are infused with Moroccan Argan Oil and Vitamin E, while the floating plates make them spongy and allow for even pressure on the hair, so not was my hair styled to perfection, it was left shiny and healthy looking too. (45 words)

This duo knows their way around a recipe and the sweet and tangy blood oranges that are in peak season right now, atop a spongy polenta cake that’s lush but airy, is the perfect cap off to a Christmas Eve crescendo of crustaceans. (44 words)

For now, I imagine my brothers’ lungs, each of their two billowy sacs rich in oxygenated blood fighting to make its way into the spongy alveoli where the virus has established a beachhead of phlegm and fluid that must be expunged. (41 words)

Example sentences (20)

In the past, we've had supply limited – or limited to spongy metal.

It’s soft and creamy, spongy and crumbly, nutty and caramelly and heavenly.

It was nicely smoked and its spongy texture absorbed the dish's tasty gravy — releasing a complicated umami flavour.

The mating disruption treatment, which consists of a pheromone meant to confuse and overwhelm male spongy moths, will be sprayed by the yellow "air tractor" planes later this month in 12 different areas, including St. Charles, Geneva and Naperville.

The spongy month—the name of which the Entomological Society of America last year because it was hurtful to the Romani people—is capable of defoliating hundreds of tree and shrub species, its larvae can practically devour entire trees.

This one actually had a spongy bounce to start and then pretty much lost a bit of sting as the game went on.

With the ability to completely strip trees bare year after year, spongy moths have the potential to severely affect trees and forests.

The Advanced Ceramic coated plates are infused with Moroccan Argan Oil and Vitamin E, while the floating plates make them spongy and allow for even pressure on the hair, so not was my hair styled to perfection, it was left shiny and healthy looking too.

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For now, I imagine my brothers’ lungs, each of their two billowy sacs rich in oxygenated blood fighting to make its way into the spongy alveoli where the virus has established a beachhead of phlegm and fluid that must be expunged.

Chef Adonis: A good texture, nice and spongy but lacks when it comes to flavour.

Forever Green Lawn & Pest Control can give you a healthy, spongy-soft green yard you will be proud of.

It’s a nice spongy thing.

The right face buttons have a deeper, more springy action, while the rear triggers feel less spongy and have a more tactile click at the bottom of a press.

The spongy and sour injera is made on-site in three varieties — wheat, sorghum, and teff.

They've succeeded in printing layers of the lungs' spongy tissues.

Turn 11, which has a spongy surface, proved problematic on Toronto’s notoriously bumpy 11-turn, 1.786-mile temporary street course.

A very distinctive fungi, with a spongy honeycomb-like appearance that is widely hunted for it’s unique taste, is currently in season.

Next best are fallen dead trees, they also have had time to dry as long as they are not “punky” (soft and spongy).

This duo knows their way around a recipe and the sweet and tangy blood oranges that are in peak season right now, atop a spongy polenta cake that’s lush but airy, is the perfect cap off to a Christmas Eve crescendo of crustaceans.

Added to any flour by about 15-20 percent, it gives a spongy nutty texture and flavor with a green hue.

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Common combinations with spongy

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "spongy" in a sentence?
An example: "In the past, we've had supply limited – or limited to spongy metal." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "spongy" from authentic English texts.
What does "spongy" mean?
Spongy means: Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous.
What are synonyms of "spongy"?
Common synonyms of "spongy" include: spongelike, squashy, squishy, soft, absorbent, absorptive.
How many example sentences with "spongy" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "spongy", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.