wad

Example Sentences

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Take, for instance, the dapper child who grimaces squarely at the camera with a wad of cash in his hands.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Like a wad of gum dropped on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

Other dentists were less sure about the wad of yellowish stuff stuck between his left front tooth and the tooth next to it.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2025

Scottie Scheffler did not need another wad of world ranking points to prove what is already abundantly clear - he is by a distance the best golfer in the world.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2024

I run my tongue along the side of my cheek that doesn’t have the wad of seeds.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner