padding
Example Sentences
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Sure enough, there was Mother padding about in the darkness.
From Literature
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His decision to chase balls in Argentina, rather than CV padding in the UK, helped his frame bulk out and convert into a second row.
From BBC
With all that soft padding on the jaws of the trap, it probably wouldn’t hurt a monkey’s paw at all.
From Literature
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“Oh, now, there, there, little lamb, drink some more. You’ve banged yourself up quite a bit. There’s no padding on those scrawny bones of yours. Can be quite useful, you know.”
From Literature
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It requires padding, helmets, tape, playbooks, film and 22 players.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.