Sentence examples for padding against from inspiring English sources

Wellner is stepping into a funny kind of business that can only thrive at these very high altitudes, providing little beyond some extra padding against life's minor irritations.

Chantal Cazeau tapped the legal pad against her palm.

Caliper brakes squeeze two pads against the sides of the rim.

When the brake is applied, hydraulic pressure forces the friction pads against the disc.

He was holding a chilled steel pad against the swelling above his left eye.

In the next over Tim Bresnan played around his front pad against Ishant Sharma and was palpably lbw for a duck.

The adjustable bands feel durable, as does the top headband, covered in pleather with a soft chamois-like pad against the head.

By late 1942 and throughout the rest of the war, U.S. arms and planes steamed and flew into Calcutta (Kolkata) and Bombay (Mumbai), bolstering British India as the major Allied launching pad against Japanese forces in Southeast Asia and China.

If the drill bit has strayed, it can be steered back on course by several means, one of which uses pressure pads against the well bore to change the bit's direction.

And then Martin Brodeur turned the game around with a magnificent double save -- first with his pad against Modano, then with his glove while falling backward on Hull's rebound shot from the top of the crease.

Leitzinger tapped the adjacent pedal and the Vitesse's 28 wheel brake cylinders squeezed 12 brake pads against four massive ceramic silicium carbide rotors.