You can have such an open mind that it is too porous to hold a conviction. From LearnThat.org. [George Crane]
The partly porous walls of our digestive system. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The walls between Blake's fiction and reality remain porous as characters. From Wordnik.com. [Living Inside the Poem: MOOs and Blake's Milton] Reference
SpongeBush lives in a bubble in D.C./absorbent and shallow and porous is he!. From Wordnik.com. [January 2005] Reference
They find a nice comfy nesting place in porous materials like woods. anna Says. From Wordnik.com. [BAMBU Kids Line of Bamboo Utensils | Inhabitat] Reference
Like the current Norton and Longman anthologies, the Broadview is "porous"--that is, multimedia. From Wordnik.com. [Anthologizing] Reference
My PhD dissertation was on a similar type substance called porous silicon. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets] Reference
Well, we hitched a ride with Kenyan security forces patrolling what many here call a porous border. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2007] Reference
Crawford calls the porous southern border our "most exploited border" and a "national security threat.". From Wordnik.com. [Blogs for Borders] Reference
The state is now a 'porous' reality in all sorts of ways. From Wordnik.com. [Archbishop reviews Philip Bobbitt's new book] Reference
Per-haps they made use of some kind of porous silicate mem-brane. From Wordnik.com. [Sentenced To Prism]
Since they possess pores or vessels, the hardwoods are called "porous" woods. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
She says she plans to visit to what she calls the "porous" border "in the near future.". From Wordnik.com. [Sarah Palin Hits Obama For 'View' Appearance] Reference
"Some kind of porous stone," Cooper said, leaning over the sheet with a magnifying glass. From Wordnik.com. [The Stone Monkey]
African point of view, because the country was "porous" to refugees from unstable places. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
M. O'BRIEN: ... you actually would suggest it's better to leave the border kind of porous?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 16, 2006] Reference
For this purpose, one could use readily available inorganic supports, such as porous rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 11] Reference
In the eyes of more and more Americans, the border has now changed from "porous" to "smart.". From Wordnik.com. [Canada-U.S. Relations: A Midterm Report (Lessons My Poli Sci Prof Never Taught Me)] Reference
South Africa journalists show 'porous' airport security. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
Davidson-Allouche says clothing has a "porous" quality. From Wordnik.com. [Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami] Reference
That "porous" defense made Maxie look like he played for Utah State. From Wordnik.com. [deseretnews.com - Top Stories] Reference
The boundaries within the large school are generally "porous," he said. From Wordnik.com. [KansasCity.com: Front Page] Reference
But he said Washington's laws are too "porous" to catch the perpetrators. From Wordnik.com. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News] Reference
This solid nucleus is covered by a kind of porous amygdaloid, called tetzontli. From Wordnik.com. [Incentives to the Study of the Ancient Period of American History An address, delivered before the New York Historical Society, at its forty-second anniversary, 17th November 1846] Reference
We do not have a 'porous' border but rather one of the more secure borders in the world. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Turns out the core of the knife handle was made of ceramic or some other kind of porous composite rock. From Wordnik.com. [Articles] Reference
Mandy Weiner said security was "porous", as banned items had got onto more than half the flights targeted. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
Sensing this, Kleinman, who sits on the group's advisory board, has set out to make it more "porous" to the grassroots. From Wordnik.com. [The Clog] Reference
The scenario is among a spectrum of options, which include temporary salary cuts, a "porous" hiring freeze and program eliminations. From Wordnik.com. [Iowa City Press-Citizen - Local News] Reference
I swear, it sounded like Joe called Voros "porous". From Wordnik.com. [Rangers Report] Reference
They're porous, so there's an influence on neighboring countries. From Wordnik.com. [A Humanitarian-In-Chief] Reference
In fact, Iraq's borders are more porous today than they have ever been. From Wordnik.com. [Rethinking Iraq: The Way Forward] Reference
However, that porous defense no longer appears to exist in the post-season. From Wordnik.com. [The Janet Jackson Legacy] Reference
But as we have seen, the screening process often is, to say no more, porous. From Wordnik.com. [Washington's Works Of Art] Reference
The grafts can be made more or less porous, depending on their intended location. From Wordnik.com. [Replacement Parts] Reference
But the borders are mountainous and porous, and it is impossible control the whole border. From Wordnik.com. ['CLOSE DOWN FRONTS'] Reference
The NFL has equal sharing of TV revenue, generous sharing of gate receipts and a (porous) payroll cap. From Wordnik.com. [Modell Sacks Maryland] Reference
"It has areas of the country that are poorly governed and its borders are porous," said the former official. From Wordnik.com. [The Gitmo Dilemma] Reference
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