porous
adjective
full of pores.
porousness
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a word derived from
porous.
Example Sentences
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Our critic said that the director/choreographer Deborah Colker “vividly uses dance and scenic effects to conjure the porousness of the border between the worlds of the living and the dead.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Two fears, Dr. Becky explains, accompany DFKs’ porousness:
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
The porousness of the border is apparent about 20 miles down the road, at the Kapitan Andreevo crossing, uniting Greece, Bulgaria, and Turkey - the busiest such border in Europe.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2024
Thousands of companies have exploited its porousness by plucking workers from the ranks of unauthorized migrants, sometimes with impunity.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2024
But the porousness of the clay, which keeps the contents so deliciously cool, makes them very brittle.
From For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War by Walter Paget
