pile
Definition:
Use 'pile' in a sentence: 1. He put the pile of chips in the centre of the table and drew a card. 2. Bosses piled on the agony with threats of more job losses. 3. For one trial, each participant was shown a pile of pens that the researcher claimed were from a previous experiment. 4. The coach finally arrived and we all piled on. 5. I like to think back to high school, when I could bolt down three or four burgers and a pile of French fries. 6. She worked her way through the pile of documents. 7. When the air gets closer to the shore, it's slowed down by the land and starts to pile up. 8. Students complained that they always had a pile of homework to be finished on holiday. 9. Rather, the years pile on like blankets, existing all at once. 10. At the same time, expenses in college pile up surprisingly quickly. 11. Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers. 12. She looked in horror at the mounting pile of letters on her desk. 13. The television was precariously balanced on top of a pile of books. 14. Place the card face up on the pile . 15. In Dujiangyan, a large mechanical digger scoops slabs of concrete and twisted metal rods from a massive pile of rubble. 16. She looked quickly through the papers, sifting out from the pile anything that looked interesting. 17. Did you check that pile of journals you've borrowed from the library the other day? 18. I look down and I'm standing next to a pile of crap! 19. They are simply stacked one on top of another like a pile of hats. 20. One of the men panting brought him a tremendous pile of papers. 21. Your letter got buried under a pile of papers. 22. The pile of books toppled over. 23. Ants scurried around the pile of rotting food. 24. Running in, she beheld a pile of books and papers on the floor, with the table-cover on top. 25. There are so many decisions that I may look at differently if we had a pile of debt. 26. Piles of books and newspapers littered the floor. 27. Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can. 28. He swept the leaves up into a pile . 29. I have got piles of work to do. 30. The books were piled up all over the floor any old how. 31. Can the heart's flame die in the flame of the funeral pile ? 32. He felt his boss was piling too much work on him. 33. The leaves had been raked into a pile . 34. She piled the boxes one on top of the other. 35. I nearly gave myself a rupture lifting that pile of books. 36. Snow was piled up against the door. 37. She fished a piece of paper out of the pile on her desk. 38. She deposited a pile of books on my desk. 39. His desk was piled high with papers. 40. The clothes were piled high on the chair. 41. They found the body buried beneath a pile of leaves. 42. Work always piles up at the end of the year. 43. She slogged her way through four piles of ironing. 44. He piled as much food as he could onto his plate. 45. Dogs nosed around in piles of refuse. 46. There was a great big pile of books on the table. 47. As one reader put it, "We just put all the bills in a pile , then try to decide which to pay." 48. The books had been piled on the shelves in a haphazard fashion. 49. He arranged the documents in neat piles . 50. The weight just piled on while I was abroad.
