sponginess

He expected some sort of sponginess, but instead the ground was, appropriately, rock solid.

It was hard, but a gentle push also communicated a feeling of sponginess.

He noted that the substance had a peculiar sponginess.

I heard a whoosh, felt the sponginess of the Afghan carpet beneath my boots.

Then it was dark again, and the sponginess of wet grass beneath his feet gave way to flat hard tarmac.

His body always seems to bulk up after a day like this: he can see increased sponginess around his waist and chest.

He closed his eyes, didn't want to see; felt soft dead flesh, the sponginess of the severed neck.

Hoses should be checked for cracks or sponginess.

Picking up a machete he hacked off a mass of liver-colored sponginess.

There's a general sponginess, a lack of conviction."

Her liver - soft, smooth, well formed - was perfect, but my fingers felt lost in the warm sponginess of organs.

In bread, bubbles of the gas remain trapped in the mixture, giving it lightness and sponginess.

China, sensing the sponginess of the President's commitment to human rights before many of us who voted for him, did not give him an inch.

Any fish that shows signs of dryness, sponginess, sogginess, cracking or discoloration should be avoided.

The grass-like leaves, which are usually around 3 mm wide, are distinguished from other species by their softness and sponginess.

The brakes have VW's slight trademark sponginess, but are strong and progressive.

Butter and relative sponginess aside, the kitchen's sure hand with spice and seasoning ensures that flavor is never in short supply.

I started to lose control, the warm sponginess like a closing throat, and then I realized that Jane had stopped breathing.

Penrod felt the sponginess in Osman's grip.

Rock outcroppings have a fungal sponginess; waterfalls are bursts of white light; mountain ranges hang suspended in air.

"There was a terrible feeling of sponginess to the boat," Ms. Reichenberg said, "of the world slipping away."

However, sholapith is much superior to thermocol in terms of malleability, texture, lustre and sponginess.

The "sponginess" was corrected in the PowerPC G4 models.

Light and invigorating, it is specifically designed to combat skin 'sponginess', the unsightly dimpling that can occur especially on buttocks and thighs.

Crystalline escarpments spotted with livid lichen protruded from the taiga, the footing firmed, and the ground lost its sponginess.