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
"I ought to be able to hit that, all right," he said, walking around the sand pile and viewing it from all sides.
From John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life by Adams, Frederick Upham
