wax-like

Example Sentences

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White phosphorus is a wax-like substance which ignites on contact with oxygen, creating bright plumes of smoke.

From BBC • May 6, 2023

Back then, companies used wax-like finishes to keep water from soaking through their clothing.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2022

Here we have mistletoe, and Jeanne watches her mother with a half-smile as she buys a great ball of dainty gray-green leaves and wax-like berries.

From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2012

And then he planted himself with clasped hands in front of the bed, bent down towards her and imprinted a soft kiss upon her wax-like forehead.

From The Wish A Novel by Sudermann, Hermann

The outside leaves of this poetical flower are of a pale green, the inner ones of a pure wax-like white, and the petals light yellow.

From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray