sand pile
Example Sentences
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A sand pile or wall to hold back the rocks, meanwhile, would have to be 230 feet high to protect Brienz.
From Washington Times • May 12, 2023
By noon, only a third of the sand pile remained.
From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2020
The approach, with roots in the 18th century, describes the structure of networks of discrete, interacting parts, be they friends linked on social media or grains in a sand pile.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 11, 2019
For example, assume a dry sand pile has an angle of repose of 30 degrees.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Baby's sand pile is right below your window, and one of the flower pots might fall while she was out there playing.
From Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts by Bailey, Roy Rutherford
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.