wadded

Example Sentences

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In recent years, the northern end of Post Alley has become a circus funhouse of wadded, spittle-hardened goo.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2023

All that shiny wrapping paper and ribbon, for instance, wadded into non-recyclable mounds.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2022

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

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2022

This team still has some infuriating tendencies, but it possesses one major redeeming quality: It hasn’t wasted a year that easily could have been wadded and tossed.

From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2017

Above the looming cliff, the pale wadded clouds reminded her of Einar's sheep when, after the snowmelt, they still huddled for warmth but with heads down moved across the meadow nibbling at new shoots.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry