Example Sentences

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It was wrapped in a waxlike paper and clear plastic wrap and was hidden in the lining of the baggage.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2023

In the mid-1800s, on an oil well in Pennsylvania, a worker found a gooey waxlike substance forming on the equipment.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2019

They found that ethylene. a hydrocarbon gas, turned into a white, waxlike solid when subjected to high pressures.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among the highlights: � Dr. Ernest L. Wynder of Manhattan's Sloan-Kettering Institute has discovered that a nonflammable part of a waxlike chemical in tobacco smoke acts to inhibit substances that can cause cancer.

From Time Magazine Archive

The pale, waxlike body was wearing nothing but a pair of blue underpants, and his blond hair was frozen to the ground.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein