beeswax

Example Sentences

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She is painted in encaustic, a beeswax medium that is very difficult to work with.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

They are also, not incidentally, highly useful to human society, producing honey and beeswax — both of which are used in a wide range of products — while also pollinating the plants that feed us.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2025

And will the beeswax candles that we see in great detail be heading soon to retailers?

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025

The balm is made from a special blend of cold-pressed seed oils that holds up on hot and cold trips, and includes locally sourced beeswax from San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2024

While outside the cool night air is scented with caramel and smoke, this tent is warm and smells of incense and roses and beeswax.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern