sop up in a sentence

Examples

1. The world demand for kerosene wasn't big enough to sop up the crude flowing out of Spindletop.
2. Belatedly, Federal Reserve officials attempted to sop up the excess reserves and finally succeeded in braking the boom.
3. It's main function, many experts say, is to " sop up " the sauce.
4. As for demand, retirement-minded investors are providing the steady flow of funds needed to sop up supply.
5. I'm not sure how we can sop up Hollywood's excesses without treading dangerously close to censorship.
6. Also, Disney's cable franchises, of ESPN, ESPN2 and even ABC Family sop up even more.
7. The University of Arkansas scientists said the discovery could lead to a treatment that would sop up the destructive protein.
8. Borrowing to meet all other needs, the government would sop up credit and investment needed by job-providing businesses.
9. But Swiss Bank is building its headqurters there, and most brokers predict its entourage will sop up far more space.
10. The repurchase programs help sop up shares acquired and sold by workers, thereby reducing dilution and maintaining earnings per share.