| This respect for open-mindedness and open-endedness, this porousness at the borders, is, then, one of the most refreshing dimensions of the editorial voice in this volume. |
| By examining the porousness of this boundary, some otherwise-intuitive notions about the American consumer can be called into question. |
| There are obviously many degrees of cultural self-assertion, cultural defensiveness, cultural porousness and cultural boundaries. |
| The fact that it journeyed unimpeded to its final destination was offered as alarming proof of the porousness of our ports. |
| This is too neat to be true, and doesn't sufficiently acknowledge the porousness of the boundaries between fiction and life. |
| Given the porousness of U.S. borders and the volume of international traffic, sealing off the country would be a formidable task. |
