wrapper

Example Sentences

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He bent down, picked up a straw wrapper and disposed of it in the nearest trash can, then kept walking.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

In a small flat in a social housing complex near Caracas, Adriana Briceño holds up what looks like a piece of rubbish, but hidden on the old chocolate bar wrapper is a message.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

“You’ve got people coming in and doing things with the ETF wrapper that were probably not foreseen in any way.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

While lonvo-z uses the same lipid nanoparticle wrapper as nex-z, it targets a different gene.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

It was his last full memory of her, and his mind edited it of its own accord—sometimes the sleep-tussled wrapper tied across her waist was flaked with gold, other times with red.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie