To combat the ruckus, Herbie first stuck fingers in his ears, then he tried some tiny cotton wads.
The cotton wads apparently were cut from the lining of the boots found in the former Brawley apartment.
She began to clean up cotton wads, the paper from the lancet.
Rational thought deserted me the second I popped those cotton wads in my mouth.
It took ten to twelve cotton wads to get me off the ground.
A small amount of the substance is placed on the suspect tooth using a cotton wad.
She had cotton wads stuck in her ears and she was singing, trying to drown out the noise.
The thing wore an impossible beard of cotton wad and had another pile of the stuff atop his head.
He looks relieved when the nurse tears open a bandage and tapes the cotton wad in place.
Then Ms. Sharif quickly padded the wounds with loose cotton wads.