Examples of padding in a Sentence
the padding on the seat of the chairs
These shoes have extra padding in the heel.
If you remove the padding from his speech you can see that he offers no new ideas.
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Another is to carve the show closer to the bone, skipping over the contextual padding and focussing on the hundred and seventy-five pieces by Raphael.
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Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
These materials are dismantled locally, creating jobs and transforming what would have been waste into products like carpet padding, insulation, and items that incorporate scrap steel, all while saving municipalities millions of dollars in disposal costs.
—Dan McGowan, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
This is not a suggestion or a conservative estimate with comfortable padding built in.
—Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 19 Apr. 2026
The Rockies needed that padding.
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Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
These materials are dismantled locally, creating jobs and transforming what would have been waste into products like carpet padding, insulation, and items that incorporate scrap steel, all while saving municipalities millions of dollars in disposal costs.
—Dan McGowan, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
This is not a suggestion or a conservative estimate with comfortable padding built in.
—Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 19 Apr. 2026
The Rockies needed that padding.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for padding
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“Padding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/padding. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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