wadded

Example Sentences

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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

When Nagornyy walked back to his teammates, he wadded up the athletic tape he was wearing into a ball and threw it in frustration.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2021

Then she picks up her board and her wadded sweatshirt and walks away from the park and into the busy Brooklyn afternoon, where she can be Alexis Sablone and nothing else.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2021

So, when I enrolled for my final year at Barnard, I paid what I owed on my tuition with Dad’s wadded, crumpled bills.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls