wadded

Example Sentences

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“My color man took all the press notes, wadded them up and hit the tarantula like swinging a bat.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

The director Craig Belknap finds ingenuity in simplicity, as with a dishcloth that, at one point, is wadded up into a basketball then later flattened against the waist into a too-tight dress.

From New York Times • May 4, 2023

The man with the dog had started picking up wadded up paper towels.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2022

When Nagornyy walked back to his teammates, he wadded up the athletic tape he was wearing into a ball and threw it in frustration.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2021

All at once she pulled it off, wadded it all up and tucked it under her arm.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder