as in rolled
to form into a round compact mass
she wadded up the paper and threw it in the wastebasket took the paper off the straw and wadded it up
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Recent Examples of wadded
The Socks Are Inside Other Clothes Did the sock actually enter another space-time continuum—or did it get wadded up in someone's pant leg?
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Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 5 Jan. 2026
Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 5 Jan. 2026
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Needing to hole out his second bunker shot to miraculously save par and his Masters chances, DeChambeau made it out of the bunker, but nowhere close to the hole as his ball rolled off the green and onto the fairway.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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Mullins was the name that rolled off everyone’s lips during the Final Four.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2026
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All of the edges were rounded, creating a very smart appearance.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2026
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Frances rounded out the group in a bubblegum pink tweed frock studded with bows and white Mary Jane shoes.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
10 Apr. 2026
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Bare root trees and shrubs, as the name suggests, are not sold in a pot or balled and burlapped.—
Dr. Lauren Kurtz,
Hartford Courant,
21 Feb. 2026
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Pare raised both hands, balled in fists, pumping away.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Wadded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wadded. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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