piles
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Trying to unwind the carbonized rolls frequently reduced them to piles of ash, eventually prompting Italian authorities to stop the practice.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Walters gave him a box filled with handmade items, including piles of mittens, hats, and other items he’d crocheted for children; Collins dropped the box off with a church deacon.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
A furniture bank said it has been helping families whose children were sleeping on floors, piles of clothes and other makeshift beds.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The area is littered with massive piles of shells called middens, left by indigenous groups who ate the river’s wild oysters for more than a thousand years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
I wish there weren’t so many huge junk piles for things to hide behind, or all that rustling dead grass, or the weird twisted trees.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
