How to Use porous in a Sentence

porous

adjective

• The country has a porous border.
• The longer one lives, the more porous one’s mind becomes, the less reliable.
  — Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
• The mix is porous and fine, which is ideal for the small roots and shoots of microgreens.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2023
• Until the wall was built, the border between East and West Berlin was porous.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Apr. 2023
• That said, since cordierite is porous, like cast iron, it should never be washed with soap.
  — Rebecca Norris, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
• The hydrogel the researchers used as a stand-in for skin was soft and porous, enough so that the insects could smell the blood through it.
  — WIRED, 9 Feb. 2023
• Hardges notes that creamy formulas (like this one) are a match for more porous hair.
  — Andrea Jordan, Good Housekeeping, 10 Feb. 2023
• But the offense did at least show a few signs of life against the Cardinals’ porous defense.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2022
• The best way to shorten that decay time is to fill the room with as much soft, porous mass as possible.
  — Parker Hall, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2023
• The porous clay traps steam while the bread is baking, yielding a crispy crust in a beautiful round shape.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2023
• These cells cause the bones of the spine to become porous, allowing nerve fibers to fill the empty spaces.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• When porous substances land on a liquid, the pores fill with fluid.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2024
• The porous core is then surrounded by a dense outer shell.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2024
• The air coming into those porous shells can cause the egg whites to change appearance.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Nov. 2023
• The biggest gap in the porous Louisville defense Saturday was in the middle of the floor, and Toppin was happy to fill it.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 31 Dec. 2022
• The skipping between both sides of the looking glass will soon become porous.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2023
• What to know: The Dolphins look to take advantage of a porous Lions defense.
  — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2022
• In part, that’s because the barrier between the stage and the crowd is more porous than ever, going both ways.
  — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• Stone walls offer small mammals porous volumes in which to live their furtive lives.
  — Robert M. Thorson, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2023
• The offensive line was porous, giving up more sacks (47) than any school in a Power Five league.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 28 Aug. 2023
• Be sure to always dry completely, as cast iron is porous and can rust.
  — Amanda Ogle, Treehugger, 30 May 2023
• Gel polish, on the other hand, is more porous, which explains why bright whites and light pinks tend to look grubby with wear.
  — Sophie Wirt, Glamour, 21 Nov. 2022
• None of which bodes well for Jones, considering how porous the gaps were in front of Zappe on Friday.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2023
• Last week, this porous Giants defense couldn’t stop a small child, let alone an NFL franchise.
  — Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2023
• Because the material is porous, dish soap can’t be used on it.
  — Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 May 2023
• This is also a good way to protect other hard porous surfaces in your yard, such as brick, concrete, and stone.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Mar. 2023
• The tunnels make the concrete more porous, which can lead to shallow surface cracks and later, frost damage.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
• Grasspave2, a grass-porous paving system, cools seven acres—enough to provide nearly three more months of use in the Texas heat compared to asphalt.
  — Robin Soslow, Chron, 14 Feb. 2023
• The Celtics, meanwhile, prevailed despite some ghastly offense and a porous game from Jayson Tatum.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2023
• Both receivers took advantage of a porous, poor-tackling Eagles secondary to make their way to the end zone.
  — Fred Goodall, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024