How to Use wax in a Sentence

wax

1 of 2 noun
  • Still this wick-wet road, this wax.
    — Courtney Kampa, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Three wax coffee beans sit on top.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Both cozy candles are made with a soy wax blend.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Use a butter knife to scrape off the worst of the wax.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Dusty wax, even at low heat, can be a fire hazard.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 16 Feb. 2026
  • And that there was a whole team of wax techs behind the skis.
    — Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Add ¼ cup wax flakes to Mason jar.
    — Janna Oberdorf, Parents, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Once the wax is gone, be sure the warmer is unplugged and cool to the touch.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The wax was so hot that my glasses were fogging up.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Let the water cool and then remove the wax disk.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Or at the very least, a NFT on wax.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Pour melted candle wax over the lint.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Then scrape the softened wax away with a butterknife.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The insects are small and oval with a white or gray fluffy wax coating.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The next day, use a butter knife or spoon to gently pry the wax out.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
  • This will prevent the wax from sticking.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The ornate eggs were called pysankas, which were made by using wax and dyes.
    — Lauren Smith McDonough, House Beautiful, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The candle, which has a sweet pineapple scent, is made of a soy wax blend.
    — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Think bold colors, mud cloth, wax prints, textures.
    — Essence, 23 Sep. 2025
  • This will melt the wax from the bottom, rather than lighting the wick from the top.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 20 Apr. 2021
  • But when they’re plucked from the garden and washed, some of the wax washes away.
    — Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
  • Made from a soy wax blend, this candle has a burn time of up to 40 hours.
    — Tim Chan, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Set aside an hour, put wax seals on a dozen gift tags, and cut and string the ribbon through them.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 28 June 2026
  • And what would serve as the graphite, ink, wax, or brush that filled the spaces in between?
    — Beth Kephart september 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Remove the cookie sheet once the wax has pooled out around the candles.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Keep the candle lit until the wax has melted to the jar’s edge.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
  • Use a sponge and soapy water to remove any leftover wax from the glass.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Start by removing the wax layer from the fruit.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Fill in any deeper scratches or dents with a wax wood repair kit to match.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Fill in any deeper scratches or dents with a wax wood repair kit to match.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025

wax

2 of 2 verb
  • The car should come back washed and waxed for that price.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The car should come back washed and waxed for that price.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Liam mostly waxed his skin off.
    — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 May 2026
  • The flu waxed and waned on its own, and peaked again in the fall.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The comics and their impact have waxed and waned.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Drone shows wax the floor with fireworks shows.
    — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
  • Her pubic hair is not waxed or colored.
    — Weike Wang, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • But what caused these stellar embers to wax and wane?
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The moon was waxing gibbous and would be full in four days.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • Check out the waxing moon perched above Jupiter in the evening sky.
    — David Streit, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Baseball devotees love to wax about their sport being a metaphor for life.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Wash your hands and change your clothes after leaving your waxing space.
    — Kathryn Crawford, The Conversation, 3 June 2026
  • Some people who own electrics love to wax about their rides to anyone who will listen.
    — Josh Max, Forbes, 7 July 2022
  • His thoughtfulness seems to have a lot to do with why their love is still waxing strong.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 16 Aug. 2023
  • There are other things to wax poetic about.
    — Vincent Acovino, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The waxing scene is such a popular one.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Symptoms can also wax and wane throughout life.
    — Carol Mathews, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
  • In one of the movie’s most iconic scenes, Carell’s Andy gets his chest waxed.
    — Victoria Edel, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Someone else’s waxing is my at-home tweezing.
    — Caroline Rothstein, InStyle, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Surfers should dust off their wetsuits, wax up their boards, and know their limits in the water.
    — Mario Ariza, sun-sentinel.com, 27 Nov. 2020
  • This is the spot where this column should be waxing about the third starter except, well, there is none.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
  • How Shane waxed everyone’s butt?
    — Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • This new state of affairs has waxed and waned, generally waxed, for fifty some years now.
    — Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Lothe sported a mustache waxed at the tips and seemed like someone completely out of time.
    — Michael Paterniti, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Expectations of rate cuts have waxed and waned over the past several months.
    — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Antares will shine as a bright red point of light roughly 5 degrees to the upper left of the waxing moon.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • And again, this was true even if when their attraction naturally waxed and waned.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • Many Dodger fans still wax nostalgic for the days when O’Malley owned the team.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2021
  • Round cheekbones like a waxing moon, uptilted eyes like a fox's, a nose that sloped sharply downward.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The first time was at my very first tournament, when I got waxed by a drive that tipped off the edge of my paddle.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'wax.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: