wad

Example Sentences

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What active trader hasn’t fantasized about stepping out of their time-traveling DeLorean in October 1929, 1987 or 2007 with a wad of cash?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 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

“He opened it up, chewed all of them and then spit a big wad of gum about … the size of a softball.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

Paper rix-dollars were also found among the letters, with a wad of them wrapped around 18 silver coins.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2024

Same pink lips all bunched together like a giant wad of bubble gum.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt