Example Sentences

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They processed niobium oxide into a spongelike form, made up of nanoscale tendrils shot through with micron-size pores.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 6, 2022

The researchers first modeled spongelike environments on a computer and found that varying chamber sizes would allow many different bacterial strains to thrive.

From Scientific American • May 27, 2022

Fivio, once a spongelike apprentice to Pop Smoke despite his seniority, has veered occasionally toward cautionary tale.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2022

They sip carbon dioxide out of the air, catching it in spongelike filters.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2021

Most of the land surface was strictly as it had been before the landing of men—impenetrable jungles of spongelike flora, dwelt in by a largely unknown useless fauna.

From The Hate Disease by Leinster, Murray