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
A triangulation of deep sensitivity, porousness, and fear produces hypervigilance.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
I think there’s definitely less porousness in Dana and less willingness to give her whole self over to situations the way that she did — to always put herself last.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025
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
With a lump of sugar it is very different, as on account of its porousness the water at once forces its way through it, and thus is able to quickly dissolve it.”
From Winter Adventures of Three Boys by J. E. Laughlin
