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1
Susan listened and absorbed as a
dry
sponge
dropped into a pail of water.
2
His solution was to send an Inspector to wait at the spot with a
dry
sponge
.
3
You might as well wring a
dry
sponge
.
4
I clean the board with the
dry
sponge
.
5
As time came off the clock, you started to feel the Pies were twisting a
dry
sponge
.
6
The element thus introduced has spread and is spreading throughout the Soudan, as water soaks into a
dry
sponge
.
7
Behind my eyes the
dry
sponge
of a wine hangover was dulling both my eyesight and my brain synapses.
8
I turned to face the window, and like a bone-
dry
sponge
soaking up water, my body absorbed the clear boundless sky.
9
He picked up a half
dry
sponge
which was lying in an auto wash pail and hurled it at Townsend Ripley.
10
When she spoke, her voice poured through him, and against his iron will, he soaked her up like a
dry
sponge
.
11
Porous foods have the structure of sponges, and like a wet versus a
dry
sponge
,
they can be elastic or brittle.
12
As they watched they saw the fire-or what had appeared to be fire-being drawn into the Job's Mask like liquid into a
dry
sponge
.
13
His life hitherto had been like some
dry
sponge
,
dusty and crackling; now it was plunged in the waters of three seas, all incomparably sweet.
14
"Thompson soaks up mechanical theory and practice as a
dry
sponge
soaks up water."
15
'I was dreaming,' she said, trying to force the memories back as though she was squeezing a near-
dry
sponge
.
dry
sponge
dry