I used a sponge to wipe the table after we did the chemistry experiment.    From LearnThat.org. 

She soaks up foreign languages like a sponge.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The same mixture may be dropped by spoonfuls and baked in small round cakes known as sponge drops.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies] Reference

To soak a sponge cake, use a pastry brush to generously apply the syrup to the cake, pausing periodically to let the cake soak it up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cake Boss] Reference

The sponge is back!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The sponge is back! Again! - Feministing] Reference

The sponge is used to Saturate/Desaturate a value.    From Wordnik.com.  [Photoshop Tutorial Part 2- Tools Explanation] Reference

PALCA: So the sponge is something called Discodermia dissoluta.    From Wordnik.com.  [American, 2 Japanese Share Nobel In Chemistry] Reference

But the marine sponge is rare and produces only small quantities of poison.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trio Shares Chemistry Prize for Imitating Life] Reference

The sponge is a one-man stimulus package, not just commercially but morally.    From Wordnik.com.  [SpongeBob's Golden Dream] Reference

When the sponge is light add the melted butter, egg, grated lemon rind and corn flour.    From Wordnik.com.  [2008 August « Baking History] Reference

Problem is the people that the Police work for are the people that sponge from the state!!.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Inspector Speaks Out « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

A sponge is a very challenging process, and one that only a handful of producers undertake.    From Wordnik.com.  [A New Twist On Cleaning The Kitchen] Reference

The soft sponge is a fluctuating system of undulating hills that rise and fall according to seasonal floods.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference

As soon as the sponge is set, the earthenware pan is placed before the fire, and a linen cloth laid over it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally] Reference

The overnight sponge is generally a small amount of flour, water, and yeast that is left to ferment in the fridge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Secret Ingredients « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog] Reference

There is a common misconception out there that loofah is a sponge from the sea, this is not the case its a vegetable.    From Wordnik.com.  [loofah art] Reference

As mean water levels rise, soft sponge is converted to structural sponge and a new band of soft sponge is established on the periphery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference

"I allus hear 'dat a sponge was a plant -- not any animal.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries] Reference

The sponge is a disaster and makes blending an exercise in futility.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

A sponge is a well-known porous substance, that easily absorbs water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference

The inside of the sponge is a slimy, jellylike mass full of holes and tunnels.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

I use it on a poufy net sponge, which is a lather-building sponge to begin with.    From Wordnik.com.  [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference

A sponge is a batter containing half as much flour as is required for the stiff dough.    From Wordnik.com.  [School and Home Cooking] Reference

The oppai pad is made of sponge, which is different from the usual soft jelly varients.    From Wordnik.com.  [AnimeBlogger.net Antenna] Reference

How does this differ from a sponge, which is a relatively simple multicellular organism?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Another definition of ID - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

I am like a sponge, which is absorbing all the knowledge and always be willing to learn all new things.    From Wordnik.com.  [He'll Be Back: Arnold Schwarzenegger Returning To Film] 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

ISRO has always depended on overseas markets to source titanium sponge, which is created during the first stage of processing titanium ore.    From Wordnik.com.  [The T-7] Reference

You will have more of a "sponge" than a stiff dough.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bread Baking Babes - Pane Francese] Reference

Best for light, delicate products such as sponge cakes and cookie batters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference

Have any kind of sponge cake baked in a rather thin sheet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Miss Parloa's New Cook Book] Reference

Good bread may be made either by the old-fashioned "sponge" method or.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans"] Reference

He has been like a sponge, which is what he should be at this point. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Fore, right!] Reference

"Carson Valley is the 'sponge' that provides downstream protection," Azad said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Record-Courier - Top Stories] Reference

The sourdough 'sponge' for Ciabatta bread tomorrow is cookin 'on the counter as I type.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

Thuillier, in 1840, and invited by them to "sponge" off of this urbane man, which he did.    From Wordnik.com.  [Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 1] Reference

The Pogo has a kind of sponge-like material that coasts across a screen much more easily.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slashdot] Reference

As a metaphor, "sponge" strikes me as the strongest one to emerge from the whole competition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Doors of Perception weblog] Reference

From this locality comes the largest supply of coarse sponge which is used in England and America.    From Wordnik.com.  [Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands] Reference