Example Sentences

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“He knows the Hakim’s ways, and will sponge the bullet-wounds and fetch the water bowl.”

From In the Mahdi's Grasp by Speed, Lancelot

Let your piece cool a moment," said Marah, "then we will sponge and load again, and then Jim'll try.

From Jim Davis by Masefield, John