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

Over her shoulders is a China crape shawl, either white or rose-coloured—a wedding present,—and her raven tresses are set off by a bunch of wax-like stephanotis or of scarlet hibiscus.

From Cuba Past and Present by Davey, Richard

Clodagh glanced quickly at his tall, thin figure, seated so close to her own, and at the wax-like, inscrutable face showing through the dusk.

From The Gambler A Novel by Thurston, Katherine Cecil