Words similar to sponge

Example sentences for: sponge

How can you use “sponge” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Sunbeam, incidentally, does not make a personal hygiene system, but for enough money, Dunlap will come to your house, give you a sponge bath, and fire your mother.
The porous volcanic particles that make up the topsoil are useless in themselves but act as a sponge for the moisture of the night air, obtaining water for the plants and eliminating the need for rain.
Plus, he's an unmistakable sponge.
A hurricane in 1839 drowned some 300 sponge fishermen in the ‘mud’ off Andros, and a devastating fungus some 40 years later killed almost all the sponges.
A simulated execution was conducted with a fire-resistant sea sponge: a tub of water standing in for a human body and a colander for a human head.