Sentences with phrase «much as a sponge»

Much as a sponge absorbs liquids, bodies absorb gases through the process of respiration.

The extraction of water and heat from the porous sandstone causes it to contract, much as a sponge shrinks when it dries out.

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When asked where he got his inspiration for his performance as Captain Sparrow, Depp said that «For a good portion of the time I was spending with [Richards], I was sponging as much of him as I possibly could for the character.»

Drizzle as much of the blue berry glaze as you like over the cool sponge cake, cut into slices and serve.

The potatoes had acted as sponges for god - knows - how - much salt runoff from that bird.

These cakes have pulped fresh fruit in them, so they're not going to dry out as much as a plain sponge mix would.

(Also industrial tycoons suspect that work without play may make Jack a malingering, absentee, job - switching boy who will not love old Amalgamated Sponge Incorporated as much as Amspo Inc. feels it should be loved.)

As I was trying to think of a car craft for my 3 year old, I remembered how much Theo loves sponge painting.

In essence, a baby's brain is a sponge looking to gather up as much information around them as possible.

Babies are like little sponges, thanks to their brains, eyes, hands, and ears soaking up as much information as possible.

Based on the number of sponge boats, the number of divers, how long they go down, and how deep they go — all that stuff — we calculated once that if we interviewed every sponge diver about what they saw on the bottom, we'd learn as much as if one of us nautical archaeologists swam for a year.

The sponge genome confirms that sponges share much the same genetic tool kit for multicellularity as the rest of the animal kingdom.

It absorbs water as it travels through the intestinal tract and swells, much like a sponge.

Think of these helpful fungi as sponges, soaking up toxins, much as other types of fungi thrive on decaying material.

It's latex free and can be use wet or dry.This sponge is not as stiff as Hello Beauty makeup sponge applicator, but it does expand and yet becomes a much softer when wet.

Spraying the sponge with a mist beforehand will allow you to spread the cream more smoothly while keeping as much of the cream on your face as possible instead of losing it all in your sponge.

I was always hesitant to but a beauty blender as I didn't want to spend so much on a sponge.

As you approach the middle of the game, you and your partner will soon come to notice how much your enemies have become sponges and your spells become almost useless.

Use as exit tickets, entrance tickets, comprehension checks, sponge activities, brain breaks, Scoots, Center activities, Station activities, and so much more.

It's been pretty much one year exactly since my first ever writing buddy (Kareem Mahfouz: notorious whiskey - sponge with the enviable power to pull entire storylines out of his arse as he writes) sent me the first prologue of the first draft of his first novel.

The general rule of thumb is the bigger the enemy, the more of a bullet sponge it is, and that results in a lot of protracted firefights where you're trying to unload as much laser fire into a boss ship as possible.

TreeHugger has talked a lot about biomimicry, hugging a variety of nature - inspired products, like this paint, and ideas, like more efficient solar panels, thanks to sea sponges, but haven't seen quite as much furniture that takes a direct cue from

Weiss, as well as others who know him, say Sims is deeply curious and has a sponge - like ability to absorb information — if he's not devouring a book on his Kindle or reading articles online, he seems to be grilling the experts in his life to learn as much as he can.

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Im looking to sponge as much knowledge as possible, with one of my strongest assets is my work ethic.