- present participle of wad.
wadding
Example Sentences
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As he said in 1857, what was the point of celebrating the Fourth if the Declaration was now treated as “mere rubbish—old wadding left to rot on the battlefield”?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
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
There was reportedly no wadding for the blanks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
I did the same thing, wadding the dirty uniform up into a ball.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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