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
The first idea that sounds good to me is mentally wadding up and throwing away any labels for your emotional self.
From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2021
They lack the deadly bullet point, which is usually replaced with cotton or paper wadding.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2021
He meant, of course, robin’s egg blue, the shade of all Tiffany boxes, bags and wadding.
From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2019
But the cock-a-doodle-dos pierced both his thick adobe walls and the cotton wadding, and in short order the shrill cries had made his exhausted brain feel all foamy, like a vanilla milkshake.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
