Words similar to padding

Example sentences for: padding

How can you use “padding” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Actually, he veers drunkenly between these two poles, now mocking Hillary for thick ankles, dowdy outfits, and résumé padding, now excusing her involvement in Travelgate and Whitewater.
The article particularly criticizes police departments that take credit for falling crime rates while padding their budgets by fueling unwarranted paranoia.
The words man, well hard, wicked , and swear-words are not simply idle padding for a sentence, they are an intrinsic part of the language.
Victorian fashion, for example, wholly redeemed, is often treated with great respect in movies such as The Portrait of a Lady . The high hair and big bustles have been assimilated to all the other harmless customs of antiquity; they've become the equivalent of Egyptian breastplates and Elizabethan padding.
The best way to see the wildlife, and certainly the most fun, is swaying atop a silently padding elephant.