wax-like
Example Sentences
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White phosphorus is a wax-like substance which ignites on contact with oxygen, creating bright plumes of smoke.
From BBC ● May 6, 2023
Back then, companies used wax-like finishes to keep water from soaking through their clothing.
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2022
Here we have mistletoe, and Jeanne watches her mother with a half-smile as she buys a great ball of dainty gray-green leaves and wax-like berries.
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2012
The luminescent and combustible, almost wax-like substance impressed him greatly.
From History of Phosphorus by Farber, Eduard
Even an abundant head of blue black hair, loosely coiffed, did not serve to soften the wax-like immobility of her rather broad face.
From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Lester, Pauline
