Really the difficulty in getting proper dish cloths nowadays!

The pink one's a dish cloth.

Henry throws a dish cloth over his prone duplicate's genitalia.

The pink one's the dish cloth, the little one's the one I wipe up small spills off the floor.

Louise Trunnion came out across the potato patch holding the dish cloth in her hand.

The innkeeper, backing up, held out a dish cloth in front of him as a sort of shield and eyed them askance.

After you're done washing them, dry your knives off with paper towels or with a dish cloth.

If you use a dish cloth, avoid running it down the length of the blade, which may cut the fabric (and possibly your hand).

Specifically, can it be substituted to soak and sterilize kitchen sponges and dish cloths?

After cleaning with a dish cloth or sponge, they wash the dishcloth or sponge.