How to Use wad in a Sentence

wad

noun

• He spent a wad on clothes.
• As the heat melts the gum, the wad will transfer to the cardboard.
  — Ann Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2023
• My male likes to just sit and chew it in his mouth like a wad of gum.
  — Christina Butan, PEOPLE.com, 26 July 2019
• Got a whole wad of dough back from Uncle Sam in the process, too.
  — Yang-Yi Goh, GQ, 17 Apr. 2018
• That, in turn, triggers the shot to separate from the wad.
  — Field & Stream, 26 Aug. 2020
• Because this thing isn’t likely to be solved with the wave of a hand or a wad of cash.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2020
• The bird’s crop was filled with a softball-sized wad of hoppers.
  — Gerry Bethge, Outdoor Life, 24 Nov. 2020
• Michigan State swooped in, waved a wad of money in his face, and that was that.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 12 Feb. 2020
• But for Lowry, relief looked like the growing wad of cash in his hand.
  — Corinne Dorsey, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
• The movie follows a father who is up to his neck in debt and finds a wad of cash at work.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• The buyer got a new chainsaw, and Nye drove off in his Ford F-150 with a fresh wad of bills.
  — NBC News, 14 Dec. 2021
• Some patrons grabbed a wad of bills out of their wallets to tip her.
  — Miho Inada, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
• Doctors described the birth as pulling a penny out of a wad of gum.
  — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 3 Nov. 2019
• If that mix is too risky for your partner, invest the whole wad in TIPS.
  — William Baldwin, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2022
• Madonna turned that measly wad of green into all of this.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
• Some think he must be loaded with money, a wad of cash.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 29 May 2022
• The wad stays with the shot charge for some distance before peeling away.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 27 June 2020
• Use a brush or wad of paper towel to coat the pan lightly with oil.
  — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2022
• Dip a rag or wad of paper towels in vegetable oil and use tongs to wipe the grill grate.
  — Erin Booke, Dallas News, 3 July 2020
• Knead the putty thoroughly to mix the two parts, then jam the wad into the socket.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• Don’t get your Long Johns in a wad until shots extend past 300 yards.
  — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 23 Dec. 2019
• Inside was a card with a wad of cash protruding from it.
  — cleveland, 12 Apr. 2020
• The woman slowly opened her hand to reveal a wad of crumpled bills and a stack of coins on top.
  — ELLE, 5 Apr. 2022
• In that seal, the eagle clutches golf clubs and what appears to be a wad of money in its talons.
  — Sarah Mervosh, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2019
• Colbert handed a polystyrene foam cup of tea to a passerby and added a bill to a wad in her hand.
  — Gale Holland Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2021
• Spider silks all start out the same: a wad of goo, like thick honey, as Hayashi describes it.
  — Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2019
• Waits rips a hunk of tire ad off the back page, works it into a wad, bends down and wedges the wobbly leg of his table.
  — Bart Bull, Spin, 8 Aug. 2023
• So don’t go getting your southern panties in a wad over a bag of stuffing mix!
  — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2023
• When the victim produced a wad of cash from his sock, Satterwhite snatched the roll and ran, and the victim gave chase.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2021
• Everyone, at some point, has wanted to put their phone in a garbage can and head off with a fake name and a wad of cash.
  — Nicholas Thompson, Wired, 2 Nov. 2020

Last Updated: 28 May 2024