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

There was reportedly no wadding for the blanks.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2021

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

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

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña