wad

Example Sentences

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Take, for instance, the dapper child who grimaces squarely at the camera with a wad of cash in his hands.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

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

Rogers, he would explain, was always gnawing on a wad of gum.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025

Paper rix-dollars were also found among the letters, with a wad of them wrapped around 18 silver coins.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2024

“We’ll stay here with you, Annabelle, until we get past what you’re feeling right now. We aren’t going anywhere,” Gina says as she retrieves a wad of TP from the bathroom and blows her nose.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti