ball of wax
Example Sentences
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“It’s the same sort of ball of wax: People getting frustrated, feeling strained and acting out toward others,” said Charis E. Kubrin, a criminologist at the University of California, Irvine.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2022
“Peter and the Wolf” was the sound of making it: the playing, the narration and amplification, the whole ball of wax.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2021
And you must say though, everything that I have done is all within the entertainment ball of wax.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2020
A: We’re the whole ball of wax as performers and actors, and comedy is kind of a serious thing.
From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2016
By the first light of dawn, I poured the stream of black liquid into a small bottle and stopped it with a ball of wax.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
