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How to use wax in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, adjective, verb

Wax means any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters. Example: “What role does the wax in your earhole fulfill?”

Examples of wax by meaning

nounEarwax (a wax secreted by the ears).

  • What role does the wax in your earhole fulfill?

nounThe phonograph record format for music.

  • In the late '30s Decca's Recording Chief David Kapp heard this Texas hit and got it on wax.1943, Time

nounAny of a class of drugs with weed oil and butane as main ingredients; hash oil.

  • He was charged with two felonies, for possession of Xanax and wax.

verbTo form a wax (a thick maple syrup).

  • The syrup is waxing.1932, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods

verbTo kill, especially to murder a person.

  • "I was reassigned over from the 9th when the battalion CO got waxed on the road leading in." Ben kept his dismay to himself.2005, David L. Robbins, Liberation Road: A Novel of World War II and the Red Ball Express, page 83

verbTo greaten.

  • Holonym: wax and wane

verbTo increasingly assume the specified characteristic.

  • to wax poetic
  • to wax wode
  • to wax eloquent

nounAn outburst of anger, a loss of temper, a fit of rage.

  • Father Arnall’s face looked very black but he was not in a wax: he was laughing.1916, James Joyce, chapter I, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC
  • ‘That's him to a T,’ she would murmur; or, ‘Just wait till he reads this’; or, ‘Ah, won't that put him in a wax!’1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York, published 2007, page 161

More sentences with wax

  • The furniture has a haze, possibly from some kind of wax.From the entry haze
  • The whole ball of wax will be viewed in 5 minutes.From the entry whole ball of wax
  • In my opinion the whole ball of wax depends on what she'll say.From the entry whole ball of wax
  • Sealing wax is available as a cylindrical or rectangular stick.From the entry stick
  • The raindrops beaded on the car's waxed finish.From the entry bead
  • He impressed his signature into the wax.From the entry impress
  • The floor was waxed to a high polish.From the entry polish
  • He certainly waxed eloquent on his article.From the entry eloquent
  • As the evening wore on, Quimby waxed anecdotive.From the entry anecdotive
  • The manifestation of such philosophy seemed to wax and wane, being the most common one time, but virtually without followers at another, apparently disappearing.From the entry wax and wane
  • Ambient accompaniment, water maintained pedalpoint armature, fluviality, surge and subsidence, light oratorical wax and recess.2017, Nathaniel Mackey, Late Arcade, New York, NY: New Directions Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22. From the entry fluviality
  • Do not forget to wax down your bowstring periodically, as well.2016, Douglas Boze, The Ultimate Guide to Black Bear Hunting. From the entry wax down
  • The primary form of wax in the Lactuca genus was the C26 alcohol, hexacosanol.2015 July 17, “Influence of Epicuticular Physicochemical Properties on Porcine Rotavirus Adsorption to 24 Leafy Green Vegetables and…. From the entry hexacosanol
  • Variation in epicuticular wax composition causes changes in plant appearance: glaucous or nonglaucous.2015 October 16, “W3 Is a New Wax Locus That Is Essential for Biosynthesis of β-Diketone, Development of Glaucousness, and Reduction of…. From the entry nonglaucous
  • Mac informed me that it was treated with oxblood and bee’s wax.2014, Betty June Gilliland, Destiny’s Tapestry: I Walk This Path, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse LLC, →ISBN, page 34. From the entry oxblood
  • 'Styling wax doesn't get any manlier just because you put the word “hard” in front of it.2014, Nikki Logan, Awakened by His Touch, →ISBN, page 121. From the entry manscaper
  • Since when did American society decide that a man's hotness is achieved through aggressive chest waxing?2013, Amy Webb, Data, A Love Story: How I Cracked the Online Dating Code to Meet My Match, Dutton, →ISBN. From the entry boyzilian
  • Nice choice, since the Mistress was an expert with wax play.2012, Cherise Sinclair, My Liege of Dark Heaven, Loose Id, →ISBN. From the entry wax play
  • "vattoos," are generally done post-Brazilian wax (you need a "clean canvas" for the artist).2010 September 9, Jenny Everett, “Forget Vagazzling: Here Comes the Vattoo!”, in Self.com, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2023. From the entry vattoo
  • "It's safe to say l would never get a 'boyzilian' (male bikini wax)," he says.2007, Vegetarian Times, numbers 346-354, page 95. From the entry boyzilian
  • "Down below, this batter was blorping out onto pans covered with waxed paper."2005, Steve Almond, Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America, Harvest Books, →ISBN, page 134. From the entry blorp
  • These are silks, porcelain ware, camphor, rhubab, wax, sandalwood, cardamom, cloves and spikenard.2005, Om Prakash, Cultural History of India, New Age International, page 409. From the entry rhubab
  • Check with a Dungeon Master before a scene that involves piercing, fire play, waxing, or suspension.2003, Suzi Parker, “Sticks and Stones, Whips and Chains”, in Sex in the South: Unbuckling the Bible Belt, Boston, Mass.: Justin, Charles &…. From the entry dungeon master
  • In the past, Monsanto made nylon carpet fibres containing a paraffin wax delustrant.2002, James R. Robertson, Claude Roux, Ken Wiggins, Forensic Examination of Fibres, Second Edition, →ISBN, page 161. From the entry delustrant
  • The candles work by wicking the wax from the ear by capillary action, not vacuum effect.2001 August 13, analogkid, “Ear candling”, in rec.audio.high-end (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 Feb 2024. From the entry earwaxy
  • Pour the wax into the unwicked molds and allow to cool for 6 hours or overnight.1998, Jane Blake, Emily Paulsen, Keith Scott Morton, Handmade candles: recipes for crafting candles at home, page 86. From the entry unwicked
  • The wax will slide down the mould and collect on the foil.1997, Rhondda Cleary, Fragrant Candles, page 10. From the entry alfoil
  • Moon, the companion of Night, waxes and wanes, and we call this time a month.1994, Tony Linsell, Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, Anglo-Saxon Books, →ISBN, page 15. From the entry moon
  • When Jackson took small balls of wax and said he was making "toys," everybody laughed.1991, Jimmy Breslin, Damon Runyon, New York, N.Y.: Ticknor & Fields, →ISBN, pages 176–177. From the entry toy

Meaning of wax

  1. noun Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
  2. noun Beeswax (a wax secreted by bees).
  3. noun Earwax (a wax secreted by the ears).

Full definition of wax

Questions about wax in a sentence

How do you use wax in a sentence?
Wax is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “What role does the wax in your earhole fulfill?”
What is a short sentence with wax?
“to wax eloquent”
What does wax mean?
Wax means any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.

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