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

The statement was posted with a hashtag:#BanBlanks, calling for an end to the use of blank cartridges, which contain gunpowder and paper wadding or wax.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2021

There was reportedly no wadding for the blanks.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2021

The operator would pour a measure of powder down the barrel, drop a projectile on top, then ram in a piece of wadding to hold everything in place.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2020

He might be a little cold this day without the wadding of the winter garments, but he suddenly could not bear to put them on against his clean flesh.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck