A sponge-like appearance results when nerve cells die.    From Wordnik.com.  [Different prions affect different regions of the brain] Reference

It is sponge-like, holding several times its weight in water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference

Dr Atala first creates a plastic sponge-like mould of the organ.    From Wordnik.com.  [Human Organs Grown in Lab] Reference

The outer sponge-like ring is thicker, tapering toward the center.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Anatomy Of Blood] Reference

This cellular structure renders the lungs exceedingly soft, elastic, and sponge-like.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference

I think she has a very good gift and a very good sponge-like absorption of languages.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 5, 2003] Reference

Instead of the juicy, pulpy section, it has mostly a sponge-like extension of the peel.    From Wordnik.com.  [What To Do With Your Etrog?] Reference

Sorry, Loofah, you are nothing more than a sea sponge-like bob and without any saving grace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » O’Reilly cover-up:] Reference

It is implanted between vertebrae soaked in a sponge-like substance enclosed in a metallic cage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medtronic Says Device for Spine Faces Probe] Reference

That means that instead of frying, it steams, and then merely absorbs the oil, sponge-like, upon contact.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Game-Changing Cookbook] Reference

In its presence, adds the researcher, this sponge-like action is blocked, allowing glutamate to accumulate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Study Links MSG Main Ingredient to Neurological Disease] Reference

It is a two-layer sponge-like cake that is filled with a layer of jam and vanilla frosting or whipped cream.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference

What once was his chest was now a pulped jumble of tubing and sponge-like matter soaked with cybernetic fluid.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Darkness » Blog Archive » From the Archives: Shadows and Sentience] Reference

On a different note, mutations did bring about much of the difference between sponge-like creatures and humans.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Yorker: Devolution by H. Allan Orr - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

Injera is grayish-beige in color and has a texture that can only be described as a sponge-like cashmere pancake.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference

I have sponge-like urges, compulsions toward mimicry, against which I must exercise constant twelve-step vigilance.    From Wordnik.com.  [MIND MELD: Which Authors and Books Have Most Influenced Your Writing?] Reference

And to further confuse the sponge-like mind of our youth, there is certainly no message about permanency or gravity.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Michigan Judge Sentences Nathaniel Abraham to Juvenile Detention - January 13, 2000] Reference

But sponge-like greens from heavy rain earlier in the week made a major championship look like a typical shootout on the PGA.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Waite holds edge on Mickelson, Duval at PGA] Reference

In the process, she makes an even larger statement about reading and its long-lasting effect on an reader's sponge-like psyche.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Finkle: Writing Under the Influence, Living Under the Influence] Reference

It's a simple, sponge-like cake batter, flavoured with maple, that is best eaten on the day it's made as it tends towards dryness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Autumnal birthday cake for the autumn of my life....] Reference

The trees are like millions of water pumps, constantly being replenished by the mesh of sponge-like fungus filaments on the forest floor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gasping Forest] Reference

The team used sponge-like microparticles, designed by the laboratory of.    From Wordnik.com.  [D Mag - News] Reference

Further analysis revealed the three-dimensional shape of a "sponge-like animal".    From Wordnik.com.  [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference

This keeps the soil sponge-like, ready to absorb every bit of water that comes its way.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ukiah Daily Journal Forum] Reference

Airdrop House has a diameter of just one meter and is made up of a dried sponge-like material.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecofriend] Reference

Tofurky was a bit sponge-like and lacked flavor, '' but that stuffing's not too bad, '' my husband noted.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The results suggest that primitive sponge-like creatures lived in ocean reefs about 650 million years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference

The resulting damage causes sponge-like holes to appear in the brain causing a fatal degenerative CNS disorder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

Scientists also came across a sponge-like organism on a dock near Newport, R.I., that they couldn't identify, he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sun Journal top news] Reference

The fossils, visible here as red shapes, suggest that sponge-like animals were in existence about 650 million years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Princeton University Top Stories] Reference

Studies have shown that these types of toys stimulate newborns, expanding the capacity of their little sponge-like minds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kombor's Life Hacks and Reviews] Reference

His team has successfully induced this process both in Petri dishes and in small sponge-like implants in laboratory animals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nano Tech Wire] Reference