Adjective, : spongy wood; a spongy feeling from the car brakes. ,spongy ground.    From Dictionary.com. 

Midway through the intense fire fight, resources were ordered to discontinue ventilation efforts because of the noticed "sponginess" of the roof.    From Wordnik.com.  [LAFD News & Information] Reference

My skull can sense the ugly sponginess of my brain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brooklyn Bridge] Reference

Under pressure there was a certain sponginess to it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Emperor and the Monster]

Richa said ... the sponginess of ur dhokla looks grrreat!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gujarati Series: Infused Khatta-Meetha Khaman Dhokla] Reference

Delicate tasting, like a zucchini with punch and no sponginess.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-11-01] Reference

And to tinker and see what the sponginess of cornmeal would add to the mix.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beekeepers' Honey Cake] Reference

I marveled at the sponginess of it, hard but slightly yielding at the same time.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE PATH TO SELF DISCOVERY CHAPTER 1 - EPISODE 1: CRUISIN'...] Reference

The frozen vessels had lost their sponginess, no longer sprung back after she touched them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Casualty] Reference

Simon might be able to compensate for the sponginess of the breasts with skilful cooking but I couldn't.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fergus Henderson: My favourite cookbook] Reference

The electrolytic bath should be as concentrated as possible to avoid sponginess of the metal and an escape of hydrogen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884] Reference

Again, the decoction makes a capital gargle for relaxed sore throat, and for sponginess of the mouth, of the tonsils, and the gums.    From Wordnik.com.  [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference

Crystalline escarpments spotted with livid lichens protruded from the taiga, the footing firmed, and the ground lost its sponginess.    From Wordnik.com.  [Genellan- Planetfall]

And, but for the tell-tale riot of the streams and the sponginess of the compound, there was nothing to betray the past misdeeds of the clerk of the weather.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil] Reference

I had not realized that meadows, for all of Blake's pastoral imagery, are not the smooth grassy fields of soft sponginess you necessarily want to go frolicking about in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference

Rather than airy and very flaky, this one has more sponginess.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Hamburger Today] Reference

Joystick seems fine, not that i'm a big fan of the sponginess mind!.    From Wordnik.com.  [MoDaCo WinMo News] Reference

Fibrocartilage's amalgamation of density and sponginess makes it binding yet resilient.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Unusual hardness • Cancer or scarring  Softness, or sponginess • Toxic goiter  Tenderness •.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

I noticed a certain sponginess that seemed slightly different to me, but the cake still tasted good and had a light, fluffy texture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference

Although the MacBook uses the same Chiclet-shaped keys as before, they exhibit none of the sponginess I noticed in earlier iterations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Stories - Google News] Reference

For those who are troubled with excessive relaxation and sponginess of the gums, he recommends the following astringent preparation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants] Reference

Secondly, while the first batch was compact and relatively dry after cooking, the frozen batch took on a sponginess that was unpleasant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cream Puffs In Venice] Reference

But the subsoil and rocks below, are far from being of a uniform character: they are full of layers of every imaginable degree of sponginess.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries] Reference

The haptics technology will help the user to feel how cutting and stitching real tissue feels - they will feel lifelike toughness, sponginess and resistance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine] Reference

Just as on the Tahoe, Yukon and Escalade, the new brake system gives the hybrid pickups a much firmer pedal feel without any of the sponginess typical of past GM trucks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Autoblog Green] Reference

Saxham complies, leaving the sentry to gloat distantly over the little brown lump of loose tangled fibres rapidly reducing to sponginess under the downpour from the skies.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dop Doctor] Reference

There is absolutely no slop or sponginess in the brake pedal when slowing down adjustments to how hard the pedal is pressed translate perfectly into changes in deceleration.    From Wordnik.com.  [Luxist] Reference

“firm” tofu cubes retained their shape and sponginess.    From Wordnik.com.  [Asparagus and Tofu Cold Noodle Salad] Reference

"squelch squinch" sponginess of the soil made it almost impossible to walk on.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Travel] Reference

In my dreamy vision, I reach out, brushing the tissue’s sponginess with my fingers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Between a Rock and a Hard Place] Reference

I suspect it’s even the same okra, especially if the brown bits and general sponginess were any indication of its age.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference

Through the lush sponginess of deep-sea meadows.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems] Reference

Hard moment sponginess.    From Wordnik.com.  [2009 June] Reference

21. sponginess.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference