beeswax

Example Sentences

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She is painted in encaustic, a beeswax medium that is very difficult to work with.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare's Globe is London's only indoor candlelit theatre, and glows with more than 100 beeswax candles.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

Nara Smith, for example, calls for beef tallow and beeswax in a recipe for her homemade moisturizer.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2025

The balm is made from a special blend of cold-pressed seed oils that holds up on hot and cold trips, and includes locally sourced beeswax from San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2024

She had to be carried to her chamber, her skin the color of an old beeswax candle.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson