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

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

Rogers, he would explain, was always gnawing on a wad of gum.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 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

There’s a thick wad of cash clasped inside a sleek silver money clip sitting right there.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein