1. The money has been donated to Mason's sponger Ann Dyche who has been diagnosed as having cancer.

2. The world seemed to consist of spongers like Marc, supporters like Christopher, and victims like Francis.

3. And yet, she didn't look a sponger, she didn't sound a sponger.

4. He had no friends because he was a sponger.

5. He recognised no social barriers when making friends and was surrounded by an army of spongers.

6. Li: He's trying to sponge a meal off me! What a sponger...

7. A strong man is not willing to be a loafer or sponger.

8. Although not nearly as graceful as sponging dolphins, "which are really elegant in their moves," Patterson says, the human sponger nonetheless managed to scare up a hidden prey fish every 9 minutes.