wadding

Example Sentences

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It is a pastime that requires next-level commitment, though, as Ioan often spends days deep underground at a time, digging passages, or wadding through partially submerged caves.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2023

Composed of salvaged vintage linen or dupioni silk and stuffed with mattresslike wadding and sometimes pieces of wood for stability, they only look hard; in reality, they’re soft, even slightly yielding.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2022

They lack the deadly bullet point, which is usually replaced with cotton or paper wadding.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2021

The items — a bloodied wadding from a shotgun shell and a tampon — were drying in an outdoor locker when police believe a mongoose, or other type of rodent, crept in and snatched them.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2018

The covering of them was torn and filthy and the wadding stuck out of the holes, grey and sodden.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck