wad

Example Sentences

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What active trader hasn’t fantasized about stepping out of their time-traveling DeLorean in October 1929, 1987 or 2007 with a wad of cash?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Like a wad of gum dropped on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

Other dentists were less sure about the wad of yellowish stuff stuck between his left front tooth and the tooth next to it.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2025

Scottie Scheffler did not need another wad of world ranking points to prove what is already abundantly clear - he is by a distance the best golfer in the world.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2024

Between swallows he plugged the bottle carefully with a wad of paper.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers