wadding

Example Sentences

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The next day I woke up and I thought” — he mimes wadding up a piece of paper and tossing it away — ‘That’s never going to happen.’

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

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

Soldiers sometimes carried cartridges, which were powder and ball pre-wrapped in wadding, ready to be rammed down the barrel.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2020

He meant, of course, robin’s egg blue, the shade of all Tiffany boxes, bags and wadding.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2019

Diego said, chewing his gum and wadding up his wrapper.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña