wad

Example Sentences

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Take, for instance, the dapper child who grimaces squarely at the camera with a wad of cash in his hands.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

She said: "So they gave me a wad of leaflets, and then goodbye, shook hands and went out through the door. Well, I was dumbfounded actually."

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

Other dentists were less sure about the wad of yellowish stuff stuck between his left front tooth and the tooth next to it.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2025

Rogers, he would explain, was always gnawing on a wad of gum.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025

Babou shook his head, but then Mom thrust a wad of bills under the glass partition before Babou could stop her.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram