| 单词 | sponge off |
| 例句 | “They were Chicanos,” Joe said bitterly fifteen minutes later, slumped in a kitchen chair while Nancy sponged off his face and rubbed salve into his ribs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam picked up the damp cloth and leaned down to sponge off the bottoms of his trousers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A waiter hurried over at once to sponge off their gowns. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They sponged off his face and neck, closing his eyes and covering them with a blindfold torn from Tali’s cloak. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Men sponge off him for both ideas and money; women on the whole find him rebarbative – "his looks and his silences alarmed them". Julian Barnes: a tribute to Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford 2012-08-24T21:55:03Z Thomas moves in, shamelessly sponging off the Fieldings while he draws dangerously close to Elizabeth. DVD: Joseph Losey?s Dark Hall of Extramarital Mirrors 2011-06-17T19:43:11Z They deserved to get fleeced, as did anyone who found themselves throwing thousands of dollars at a girl they sponged off but didn’t actually know. The Fiends and the Folk Heroes of Grifter Season 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z She’s on her way to Greenwich, Conn., to sponge off her sister, who married rich. Review: ‘The Mick,’ From the Minds of ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z She’s a parasite sponging off her parents and a forgetful and sometimes unreliable friend. Television Review: Lena Dunham?s ?Girls? Begins on HBO 2012-04-12T18:49:02Z But somehow it’s less charming when other people, rather than monkeys and penguins and elephants, are sponging off you. Review: Nintendo’s ‘Tomodachi’ colorful but dull 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z And it certainly wasn’t lost on the writers – or the audience – that Mike and Gloria sponged off Edith and Archie even as they lectured them on the proper way to think, talk and live. Why "All in the Family" still matters 2011-01-12T15:01:00Z Josh Lawson is plausible as Shawn, an aspiring fiction writer who sponges off Perry. | 'Romantically Challenged': Alyssa Milano as a Lovelorn Single Mom With Pals 2010-04-18T22:48:00Z No. Although, you know, I didn't want to sponge off someone. Ricky Gervais 2010-07-17T23:08:00Z Each Christmastime, Ms. Te Kanawa said, between shallow coughs, “I try to sponge off the Strausses.” Scene City: The Ultimate Hostess Gift, in a Song 2010-12-29T19:33:21Z They'll probably end up sponging off the generous German welfare state, which may not be so generous by then, the way things are going … Anyway, it shows our ability to cooperate and create human culture. Horizon: What Makes Us Human? – TV review 2013-07-04T06:00:11Z "That fairness seems to have been lost. It seems there is an influx of those who wish to come here to literally sponge off us and not contribute," her husband Owen adds. Big migration number sparks even bigger debate 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z They accused Turkish residents of walling themselves off in separate communities and sponging off the country’s generous welfare system. No longer 'guests': Germans of Turkish descent are finding greater acceptance at last 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z "I was with him almost two years, from when I came until I went to the first team. I sponged off him and I learned a lot of things." The English teenager starring for PSV 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z A miniature court in exile surrounded by emblems of royalty, Edward and Wallis spent the rest of their lives sponging off wealthy friends. Wallis Simpson's hard lessons for Harry and Meghan 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z “Elaine was easy to sponge off of and Edward stopped working shortly after he moved in with her,” an investigator wrote, quoting Elaine’s daughter. Imprisoned New Hampshire tax evader ashamed, wants divorce 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z At dinnertime at the city mission, men complained about people who were too lazy to work, who were sponging off the system. What Happened When a State Made Food Stamps Harder to Get 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Technically, like the Sussexes, the kind-of departing princess was letting down the Queen, occupying a free palace, sponging off taxpayers, had carefully “plotted” her escape – but had no thought of “working to become” financially independent. Now Harry and Meghan are going, time to look at the true royal horrors | Catherine Bennett 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Motive: Marx has been sponging off our cemetery reparation fund for over 100 years now and his name sounds sort of foreign. Who smashed up Karl Marx’s grave? Here are the prime suspects | James Felton 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z When you're young, you write off instinct and you sponge off other artists. 5SOS on demons, lies and gun control 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z He spent his life sponging off Friedrich Engels. Rulers of the world: read Karl Marx! 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The idea, like work requirements, is driven by an attempt to portray the poor as unemployed scofflaws sponging off the system. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Later his father turned into a total wastrel, sponging off his son and dying in poverty. How France saw itself in Johnny Hallyday 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z The ruling class became hoggishly self-indulgent: Mr Heffer lacerates Edward VII for his habit of sponging off his friends and debauching their wives. The decadent late-Victorian and Edwardian era 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z The researchers concluded that these men were living at home, sponging off their parents, and playing videogames. The surprising ways video games have shaped the economy - BBC News 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z It was told it was a myth that Polish people, Romanians and others came to sponge off the welfare system. Hundreds of thousands of retired Britons in EU 'may be forced to return' 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Zepeda, himself a naturalized citizen, says he also hopes to open the eyes of people who see immigrant labor as stealing American jobs and “sponging off the government.” Program director uses his past to help others for future 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z “But I am very disenchanted. Whoever gets into power, they are going to sponge off the system. Everybody is fed up because we are all busting a gut and going nowhere.” U.K. Independence Party Gears Up for Special Vote 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z They are resented by many Israelis who accuse them of burdening the economy and sponging off the state while avoiding the duties that bind others. Israel cuts army exemption granted to ultra-Orthodox Jews 2014-03-12T11:16:16Z The ultra-Orthodox community is resented by many Israelis who accuse the Haredim of burdening the economy and sponging off the state while avoiding the duties that bind others. Ultra-Orthodox Jews stage mass protest against Israeli draft law 2014-03-02T16:44:15Z Democrats say the rise is due to the downturn; Republicans say Barack Obama’s administration has been too generous and allowed lazy Lobster Boy and his pals to sponge off the taxpayer. Food stamps: Pincer movement 2013-09-26T15:05:59Z The crowd cheered when the grounds crew ran on the field to sponge off the tarp and pull it into the outfield, but their hopes of getting started were quickly dashed. Freeman's homer in 9th lifts Braves over Mets 2-1 2013-06-18T05:34:09Z Did I forget to mention hypocritical, since she spent her last years sponging off the system she railed against. Why the Argument for Austerity Took a Big Hit Yesterday 2013-04-17T12:00:36Z He went on to explain how he felt they were sponging off society and putting Russian women in danger of attack. The far-right skinheads of Russia 2012-09-01T11:11:17Z Half a dozen men were sponging off him in his rooms when he brought home the books and ranged them unsuspiciously round his walls. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z The village—gone as though wiped with a sponge off a slate. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z She sponged off the torn place in its side, and the little hurt in one of its hind legs that had made it limp. Winona of the Camp Fire 2011-08-28T02:00:35.510Z Get the sponge off the stone and give it a good soaking in a galley.” The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z We cannot with any respectability go on sponging off Faris much longer. The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z “Many people have lost jobs here, and I am fed up feeling abused by the Roma, who have children in order to get social benefits and sponge off the state,” she added. Far Right Hopes to Gain in Hungarian Elections 2010-04-11T19:03:00Z "Better have your hands and face sponged off, I think," said Rodman; and then he propped him up skillfully, and left him to his repast. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches Then he called Jack Rogers out of the line and talked to him for a minute, while the players repaired broken laces and had their heated faces sponged off. The Crimson Sweater Well, I don't wonder; but say, I didn't come round to sponge off you fellers, 'cause I never thought of your havin' two such lay-outs one right after the other. An Amateur Fireman A very d�collet� baker had come out of a cave beneath the bread and cake shop, opposite, and sponged off his forehead with the back of his hand. A Top-Floor Idyl The erstwhile typical r�gime of a Hudson's Bay fort is a phase of existence which shortly will be sponged off human memory. Seeds of Pine After it is thus freed from the card lay it face down on a piece of glass, and sponge off all the starch from the back. Crayon Portraiture Complete Instructions for Making Crayon Portraits on Crayon Paper and on Platinum, Silver and Bromide Enlargements We brush clothing if dusty, sponge it, or sponge it off, if soiled; or sponge off a spot. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions The whole family—one's aunts, I mean—think she came back to sponge off of Amy, and they don't know she's going to own almost as much as he does in the new Montgomery National. Otherwise Phyllis So I sponged off my cranium and panted. A Top-Floor Idyl When finished to your satisfaction, lightly sponge off any excess of paste with warm water; wipe down with benzoline, and dust plaster thickly over all the specimen; this assists the drying and cleans it. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. It was an india-rubber one, Sir; they sponge off quite clean, and save the laundry bill, Sir. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, May 20, 1914 I really didn't do them any damage; even the seccotine was easily sponged off Venus. A harum-scarum schoolgirl It may then be rubbed or sponged off and the blanket reapplied. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse But one who is no stranger to them—the reader—knows they are not Indians of any kind, but savages who would show skins of a tripe colour, were the pigment sponged off. The Death Shot A Story Retold With witch-hazel or alcohol, the body is sponged off, night clothes are put on and a restful night usually follows. The Mother and Her Child Only, we wouldn't sponge off of them, just because they had the better outfit, now. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies While she's being sponged off and brushed down she recommends that we get rid of such a dangerous animal as that at once. Torchy As A Pa In a few minutes, with such help as I could render, he had the cut cleaned and bandaged, the red face sponged off, and the worst of the street dirt brushed from the man's clothing. Branded Nor is it improved, when this, sponged off shows the skin to be white; on the contrary, the sinister passions that play upon his features would better become the complexion of the savage. The Death Shot A Story Retold She hoped, drawing a pint of hot water to wash her hands and sponge off her face, that they were doing something about the pipeline. Omnilingual In cases of obstinate grease spots, rub well with a lather made from pure white soap and luke-warm water; then sponge off with alcohol and proceed as above. Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use The fat old gentleman at the gray-haired house was sponging off the rubber-plant, and waving the long green leaves at her in greeting. The Poor Little Rich Girl Such a washing and scrubbing and sponging off and rubbing down as went on in every house, you can imagine. Miss Elliot's Girls Stories of Beasts, Birds, and Butterflies That a fever patient can be made cool and comfortable by frequent sponging off with soda water. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home As it was, they were given a hearty cheer by the watchers when time was called, and they trotted to the bucket to be sponged off. Behind the line A story of college life and football And so he began to sponge off Mr. Bright. The Evolution of Dodd "Oh, I—I'm running up there too often, sponging off you." Every Soul Hath Its Song While Harry was sponging off the mud from Hotspur's body and legs Dolly came in, looking very full of something. Black Beauty Trina, meanwhile, busied herself about the suite, clearing away the breakfast, sponging off the oilcloth table-spread, making the bed, pottering about with a broom or duster or cleaning rag. McTeague Would Elzbieta think that he had come to sponge off her, or would she understand that he meant to get to work again and do his share? The Jungle Well, after all, you have been sponging off them for a full year. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking I been up there sponging off you three times this week. Every Soul Hath Its Song A quick sponging off with cool water followed with vigorous dry rubbing is good, but the rubbing is of greater importance than the sponging. Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency Then, how the slate is sponged off, and left all clean and new again! The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton Dolly had turned back to the blackboard, and was sponging off the chalk figures. The Desired Woman I couldn't come into this office and sponge off you, and so I've waited until I could buy in! Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley No, they don't fish sponges off the Nile Delta, but you can smuggle in a sponge boat better than in most ships. The Ivory Trail After a moment, she added, "What a pity that we can't all sponge off the slate and begin afresh and—forget." The Spoilers The patient is then sponged off a second time, put into a dry bed, and allowed to rest. Nature Cure He soon cut a large sponge off a piece of slimy rock, and held it up to her. Foul Play An external bath for those able to walk about, and a "sponge off" for those confined to bed, must not be neglected. The Royal Road to Health A miner was sponging off the bloody froth oozing from his lips. Black Rock: a Tale of the Selkirks Gave him more liver pills & sponge off with water every hour. Cabin Fever “He tried to sponge off of me, but I put a stop to that good and quick,” Von Schmidt had said to the reporter. Martin Eden Then wash him down with soap and tepid water, sponge off with cool water, rubbing the flesh and working the muscles vigorously the meanwhile. The Royal Road to Health |
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