Example Sentences
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The crowd was further energized by the presence of longtime Count Basie drummer Jo Jones—sitting near the stage, keeping time with a wadded up Christian Science Monitor newspaper—and even more so by Elaine Anderson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
In recent years, the northern end of Post Alley has become a circus funhouse of wadded, spittle-hardened goo.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
During a sleepover that October, a group of Holy Child students took wadded up newspaper pages and stuck them in the chain-link fence on Linden Lane, spelling out “SURRENDER DOROTHY.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2023
All that shiny wrapping paper and ribbon, for instance, wadded into non-recyclable mounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
When Maria looked up, he waved the picture and then wadded it into a ball.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
