Superfluous part of an essay

Usage examples of padding.

He lay down on the padding, then changed his mind and got up to walk to Pacino, Alameda, and Schultz.

He pulled off his boots and set them by the fire to dry, padding toward the kitchen with Biggie behind making more tracks.

Daffer lowered himself to the floor and, padding barefoot across the floor, closed and bolted the door.

Vaguely aware that de Bono was padding after him, and completely indifferent to the fact, he headed on.

Farder Coram and Lyra exchanged a look of alarm and wonderment, but only for a second, and then Farder Coram was hobbling out on his sticks as fast as he could manage, with his daemon padding ahead of him.

Without seeming to, the Lizard was watching Gryf closely, padding by every so often in his stealthy, silent way, his close-set eyes heavy-lidded, the direction of his gaze impossible to determine.

Again I remarked his lameness and the soft padding sound of his footfall, and standing up in my place, I saw his feet as he went out.

Only the Lycanthrope looked uneasy, padding silently along, ears cocked forward, claws extended.

It also had a hardwood floor, but instead of mirrors its walls were lined with heavy bags, speed bags, uppercut bags, stretching and weight machines, thick vertical wooden boards with padding at their ends makiwara, Sternway called them and rows of shelves for focus mitts and a bewildering variety of other pads.

The soft padding of unseen feet, the rustling of leaves and grasses to the passage of fierce beasts, the sheen of opalesque eyes flaming through the dark, the million sounds which proclaimed the teeming life that one might hear and scent, though seldom see, constituted the appeal of the nocturnal jungle to Tarzan.

As she faced the third, the program phased into the next level, providing her with protective padding, and giving both she and the creature a set of wicked short swords.

But the money budgeted toward those repairs seemed to be many times what went out in salaries and materials, so it was obvious that the local councilors were padding their pocketbooks the whole time.

The shuttle lurched as Grayrose began the launch run, and in spite of himself Paris dug his fingers into the padding of his couch.

I watched Rolly in the side mirror as he put on his padding for work: first the big chest piece, then the tubes on his arms and legs, gradually growing more substantial and less recognizable in front of my eyes.

Outside, the neighborhood was quiet, a few sprinklers going, a man in his robe padding out down the driveway to pick up his paper, and I found myself remembering what Rolly had said earlier about the perfect moment.