How to Use porous in a Sentence

porous

adjective
  • The country has a porous border.
  • Much of the talk of the week had been about the Chiefs’ porous run defense.
    — Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2021
  • This was one of the most porous nights of the Leafs’ season.
    — Omar White, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
  • For most of the year, the Red Sox infield has been the most porous in baseball.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Maltzan and Philbin worked hard to make the Hammer more open and porous, said Ryan.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The right side of the line was porous and Garoppolo was sacked five times.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Nov. 2021
  • The longer one lives, the more porous one’s mind becomes, the less reliable.
    — Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The teams will be back to work in what could be a shootout against porous defenses.
    — Bob Ferrante, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Dec. 2020
  • These weak points are porous and allow things like gas to pass through.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 Feb. 2022
  • However, the border is porous and not all of the trade can be stopped.
    — Esha Mitra, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • For Lahiri, the line between home and library is porous.
    — Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Plus, the fabric is porous, so smaller droplets may be able to get through.
    — Danielle Braff, Washington Post, 3 June 2020
  • Until the wall was built, the border between East and West Berlin was porous.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Apr. 2023
  • As days/years slipped by, the boundaries between here and there grew porous.
    — Usman T. Malik, Wired, 11 Dec. 2020
  • That said, since cordierite is porous, like cast iron, it should never be washed with soap.
    — Rebecca Norris, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
  • And all three showed signs of poor health: spongy, porous bone in the vaults of their skulls and the tops of their eye sockets, called cribra orbitalia.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 6 May 2020
  • 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
  • The clay is porous, and eventually, plain water in the pot will pick up notes from the leaves.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
  • The porous border has long been a conduit for the smuggling of people, weapons, and drugs.
    — Kareem Chehayeb and Abby Sewell, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Instead of just taking the form of a solid slab, though, the tile has a very porous structure.
    — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2025
  • For a defense that returned nine starters from a unit that allowed the third-fewest yards in the NFL last year, the Bills have been porous.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 19 Oct. 2020
  • These tubes are porous, but the pores are so small that blood cells stay within the tubes and get pumped back into the patient.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2021
  • The splash pad's soft, porous surface is suitable for the youngest children.
    — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 26 May 2022
  • 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
  • Braun's love for the porous footwear goes beyond Emmys night.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Sep. 2020
  • The porous nature of the ceramic planter means more moisture and air can get through, which sustains the soil’s humidity levels.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2025
  • Even with the addition of Nikita Zadorov and his close-quarters physicality, the Bruins were porous in net-front defending.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 2 May 2025

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