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

They lack the deadly bullet point, which is usually replaced with cotton or paper wadding.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 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

He meant, of course, robin’s egg blue, the shade of all Tiffany boxes, bags and wadding.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2019

Then he dipped the torch he was holding into the bucket, took it out again, and held its dripping head of wadding to one of its burning sisters.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke