wax-covered

Example Sentences

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The new track surface is called Tapeta, a blend of fine sand and wax-covered rubber fibers, designed to simulate the root structure of turf.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2021

So does a 2001 sculpture called “Weronika,” a portrait of the artist’s young daughter that has patchwork skin and a real human skull, wax-covered, for a head.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2014

Out, too, went the checked tablecloths and candles in wax-covered Chianti bottles.

From The Guardian • Aug. 9, 2011

Sir: In April 1889 ... a famous poet .,. recited How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix into a toy designed to preserve the spoken word upon a wax-covered cylinder.

From Time Magazine Archive

And writing a few words on a wax-covered tablet, he handed it to Petronius, who gave directions to send it at once to the house of Vinicius.

From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah