wax

Plenty of performers will wax poetic about their methods, saying what they hope to achieve in their work — how hard they worked to identify with their character.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

The subtext of their question is the worry that, just as Icarus soared so high that the sun melted his wings of wax, a market that rises too far is prone to crashing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Each of the parts is created with a new wax mold that is made from scratch, according to Kristine Liwag, equity analyst at Morgan Stanley.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

"I just couldn't believe. It was like going to Madame Tussauds but the wax was animated and you could interact with the wax and it talked back to you, it was absolutely mad."

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Dain’s desk, stuffed with scrolls and pens and sealing wax.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Enthusiasm for growing the library has waxed and waned over the years.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

I had also recently waxed poetic about compound butter during a live discussion on summer entertaining.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

Over the years, the relationship between Richards and Jagger has waxed and waned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

In interviews the dapper artist with his trademark flat cap waxed lyrical about the place where he was locked down during the Covid-19 pandemic.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Every time I brought to mind a memory or thought and tried to put an invisible wall around it, my defenses crumbled, as flimsy as waxed paper.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

Her voice, paired with Mr. Carey’s writing, creates a beguiling audio backstory for a woman whom time has rendered as unreal as one of her waxen figures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

“That’s a lie,” was his standard rejoinder, strangely accompanied by a waxen smile that flickered on and off as though set on a faulty timer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2023

Steps away lay Benedict, rested between Swiss Guards, his head propped on crimson pillows, his face waxen, almost unrecognizable.

From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2023

Soon after her fourth birthday, in the summer of 1930, a waxen effigy of Princess Elizabeth made its debut at Madame Tussauds, seated on a pony.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2022

In the chemical brightness Milton saw the patriarchal beard, the pale, waxen cheeks, and—most tellingly—the tiny five-foot-four frame.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Unfortunately, the Moon will be in the waxing gibbous phase on the night of the 21 October, throwing extra light into the night sky and reducing visibility.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

This is even though a similarly quick stop in London last year led to a waxing of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

But unlike Humphrey Bogart in “Casablanca,” the governors of California, Washington and other states aren’t waxing nostalgic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

That contrast demonstrates the light-switch - or waxing and waning effect - that can be postpartum psychosis, experts told the BBC.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Haynes was waxing rhetorical—the critics don’t want to jettison everything from the past.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann