molehill

Example Sentences

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They are widely seen as a pest on agricultural land because their tunnelling can damage the root systems of crops and pasture and the molehills can cause damage to machinery.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

And some of his most unexpected laughs are in his own mixing up of mountains and molehills.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2023

When the mass of several suns is compressed into an orb that is 10 km in diameter, extreme gravity crushes mountains of superdense material into molehills that are millimeters tall.

From Scientific American • May 23, 2023

I've got three ingredients in my potting compost: one-third compost, one-third rotten down leaf mold, and one-third loam that I've got from molehills in my field is perfect.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2022

Boston looked so usual and so unconcerned, Johnny began to wonder if they all had not made mountains of molehills, imagined an expedition when none was intended.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes