padding
Example Sentences
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The blaze at Le Constellation bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana is believed to have started when sparklers attached to champagne bottles set light to sound-insulating foam padding on the ceiling.
From BBC
I’d heard her up last night, padding around the two rooms like a house cat and staring out at the moon.
From Literature
Another focus is on foam-like padding on the bar's ceiling and whether it was compliant with safety standards.
From BBC
One trouble the author faces is advancing age, an obvious complication for anyone scaling a rocky summit or padding through barren winter wastes.
Within weeks of arriving, I loathed Madras, where rats stole the padding from my earphones, the humidity left me weak and men tailed my mother in traffic, desperate to buy our imported car.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
