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 painting is a large-scale, squarish, predominantly black canvas, with two pairs of actual woolen pants wadded up on the surface.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022

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

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2022

Himble took off his hat and wiped it across his brow, and his white hair gleamed in the moonlight like wadded cotton.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara