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

It was apparent in the flicker of the wax-like eyelids; in the faintest of sighs from between the colourless lips.

From The Hound From The North by Bull, Charles Livingston

I observe the Magnolia, with large white wax-like flowers, somewhat resembling the giant nympha of Guiana.

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne