wadded

Example Sentences

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In recent years, the northern end of Post Alley has become a circus funhouse of wadded, spittle-hardened goo.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2023

The director Craig Belknap finds ingenuity in simplicity, as with a dishcloth that, at one point, is wadded up into a basketball then later flattened against the waist into a too-tight dress.

From New York Times • May 4, 2023

All that shiny wrapping paper and ribbon, for instance, wadded into non-recyclable mounds.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2022

The man with the dog had started picking up wadded up paper towels.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2022

It was empty, just as I’d thought, but at one of the tables near the front there was an eloquent little nest of books, wadded paper, and greasy potato-chip bags.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt