wadded

Example Sentences

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“My color man took all the press notes, wadded them up and hit the tarantula like swinging a bat.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

The painting is a large-scale, squarish, predominantly black canvas, with two pairs of actual woolen pants wadded up on the surface.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 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

Dimitri crushed the program he was carrying into a wadded ball, and tossed it at the young man.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry