wax-covered

Example Sentences

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The new track surface is called Tapeta, a blend of fine sand and wax-covered rubber fibers, designed to simulate the root structure of turf.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2021

So does a 2001 sculpture called “Weronika,” a portrait of the artist’s young daughter that has patchwork skin and a real human skull, wax-covered, for a head.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2014

Out, too, went the checked tablecloths and candles in wax-covered Chianti bottles.

From The Guardian • Aug. 9, 2011

Ancient Greek sculptors used the "lost wax" process, making their original models of wax-covered clay.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was judged by the experienced to be a better plan than allowing him to shape letters for himself on the wax-covered tablet.

From Roman life in the days of Cicero by Church, Alfred John