Example Sentences

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And Esther had been sponging and cleaning at it all the morning, and had left directions that it was to be taken to the Barracks in the afternoon.

From Seven Little Australians by Turner, Ethel Sybil

His mother kept a shop; he had been sponging on her for the money he had scattered broadcast.

From A Duel by Marsh, Richard