"dry" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He was hungry for knowledge and absorbed it like a dry sponge.
- Like a dry sponge, he soaked up his natural measure of years.
- She absorbed the emotions of the people around her like a dry sponge soaking up water.
- Think of a very dry sponge such as used for washing dishes.
- But it was Leah who had soaked up all the nature talk like a dry sponge.
- I can feel myself moppin' it up like a dry sponge.
- My mind absorbed this knowledge like a dry sponge absorbs water.
- She was like a dry sponge waiting to absorb whatever liquid knowledge he could give her.
- And then she was on him like warm water on a dry sponge.
- Filliou says it happened when someone dropped a dry sponge into a bucket of water.
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