wades
- present tense form of wade (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Van Der Beek wades through all of the screenplay’s cynicism in search of something deeper and more complicated — something human.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026
Right at the start of the Puerto Rican singer’s performance at Super Bowl LX, as he wades through faux sugarcane fields, he passes a series of small businesses.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026
The RSS also wades into economic and foreign policy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025
D. Christy wades through waist-deep water, now turned a murky brown by corroded metal from the pillars, and pushes his body through a narrow passage in the rock.
From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024
The congregants line the banks and sing ‘Amazing Grace” as Dill wades unsteadily into the river, sinking into its mucky bottom as he tries to reach where his father stands, smiling.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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