piles

Example Sentences

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They have battled to keep their windows, patios and cars clean - and they have been unable to hang out their washing as piles of soot would gather on anything in their gardens.

From BBC

Residents dug through piles of debris, planks and corrugated metal to repair their makeshift homes.

From Barron's

What seems like it was once a stylish living room is cluttered with piles of Lego bricks, broken doll heads, and clumps of dried Play-Doh.

From Literature

The others continued past a living room where kids played video games, and a dining room where more kids ate from a banquet of fruit pies and piles of soft bread and a chocolate fountain.

From Literature

A livestream on the group's Facebook account shows them walking past piles of snow, as the first days of above-freezing temperatures return after weeks of record cold across much of the eastern United States.

From BBC