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Meanings of spongy in английском

Easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility.

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Examples for "squishy"
Examples for "squishy"
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Not fully melted, just in a bar form when it's all squishy.
The Guardian
2
The heavy husk fell on my back, a pointed, superheated, squishy weight.
Monster Hunter International
3
Transcript Say goodbye to the blob, and hello to the squishy circle.
Wired
4
Annie followed Izzy across the squishy lawn and stood beside the child.
On mystic lake
5
Liam's feet made squishy noises in the mud as he walked closer.
Ruthless
1
Now here is a sack rather dirtier than the rest and squashy.
The Four-Pools Mystery
2
Sat there subdued in the lounge on the black, squashy leather sofa.
The blood spilt
3
Three great reasons why we love our squashy orange friend .
Hungry girl: recipes and survival strategies for guilt-free eati...
4
Toward this the two little workwomen slopped along on squashy feet.
How To Write Special Feature Articles / A Handbook for Reporters...
5
Compared with this Hilaris, my client Camillus Verus was just a squashy plum.
The Silver Pigs
1
It gave him a spongelike mentality when it came to music.
Life
2
Was he really thinking of God's Church, or was he quenching the thirst of a spongelike curiosity?
The Illustrated Man
3
A hand that feels both spongelike and bony flaps onto his cheek and crawls up his face.
Black house
4
The result is a brown, brittle, spongelike bean, with the holes in the sponge filled with carbon dioxide.
On food and cooking: the science and lore of the kitchen
5
The bottom of the valley was soggy with water, which the thick moss held, spongelike, close to the surface.
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
Usage of spongy in английском
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This gas bubbles up and makes the heavy dough spongy and light.
Mother Stories from the New Testament / A Book of the Best Stori...
2
The nose had become bulbous and spongy, the eyes watery and weak.
The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales
3
A faint spongy spot of brightness gleamed through the grey roof overhead.
Letters from High Latitudes / Being Some Account of a Voyage in ...
4
The lungs are spongy and porous, and their tissues are very elastic.
The Hindu-Yogi Science of Breath
5
Gilbert trudged through this spongy support, all but losing his balance occasionally.
Tom Slade's Double Dare
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Their porous structure and spongy morphology make them attractive in orthopedic field.
Pubmed
7
Bonnie jammed the accelerator to the floor, but the pedal felt spongy.
The witch of agnesi
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Half-decayed wood is good; spongy, moist, unpleasant stuff, a vegetable wet blanket.
Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things
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Joy sliced through the gooey icing and scooped up a spongy forkful.
Fiendish deeds
10
The other socket was filled with a mass of spongy brown-black tissue.
IT
11
We called it aguyape tachangu, or lung bread, from its spongy consistency.
Indian Boyhood
12
The buffalo had calmed and were grazing on the spongy, dung-spotted turf.
Genellan: planetfall
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What is it about the spongy treat that makes it so popular?
The Irish Times
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Like the walls, it was spongy and gave easily to her touch.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
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Pinky put her cool, sweet fingers into the other woman's spongy clasp.
Half Portions
16
A few of the punctures had pale yellow spongy bone deep inside.
Speaking in Bones
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