spilling

Example Sentences

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“I can remember someone standing in a room and canvas bags pilling up, which must have been his equipment to go to Korea, but I can’t see his face,” she says.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2024

The same goes for blankets, pillows, sweaters, and other clothing prone to pilling.

From Fox News • Mar. 24, 2022

She took first place in the Sir Georg Solti Conducting Competition in Frankfurt last year, and her guest conducting invitations are understandably pilling up.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2021

Brooks Brothers has long offered non-iron shirts and “high performance” polos, finished with a treatment that helps them keep their shape and resist fading or pilling.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2016

Our sub, Mr. Blankenship, breathes loudly through his mouth and wears a pilling green sweater two sizes too small.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez