wax

Example Sentences

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The scented wax burner that’s always on at Zara’s house is here too, cutting through the smell of bleach and smothered air, a reminder of home.

From Literature

Five, because before he’d discovered this use for moss, he’d used hot candle wax, which had ruined his hearing for a full month.

From Literature

Although their popularity waxes and wanes like everything else, stories inspired by biblical texts have had a consistent presence on TV and film since the industry’s dawning.

From Salon

He waxed poetic when it didn’t help his prose and overwrote shamelessly.

From The Wall Street Journal

Known as the Dragon Slayer, he’s often shown meditating, praying, waxing philosophical, and pontificating on nobility, integrity and honor.

From Los Angeles Times