- 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
The first idea that sounds good to me is mentally wadding up and throwing away any labels for your emotional self.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2021
There was reportedly no wadding for the blanks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
But the cock-a-doodle-dos pierced both his thick adobe walls and the cotton wadding, and in short order the shrill cries had made his exhausted brain feel all foamy, like a vanilla milkshake.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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