- present participle of wad.
wadding
Example Sentences
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It is a pastime that requires next-level commitment, though, as Ioan often spends days deep underground at a time, digging passages, or wadding through partially submerged caves.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2023
On some trips, the boys would convince Dad to play football, wadding up a sock to serve as their pigskin.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2023
The statement was posted with a hashtag:#BanBlanks, calling for an end to the use of blank cartridges, which contain gunpowder and paper wadding or wax.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2021
Soldiers sometimes carried cartridges, which were powder and ball pre-wrapped in wadding, ready to be rammed down the barrel.
From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2020
But Rondell just looked at me with a blank face, wadding up the plate I’d just given him, and told me: “Who?”
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
