Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

heap

[heep] / hip /




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.

See Examples For:

I’d be remiss not to heap praise on the sisters Mara, who bring something to the screen that I haven’t seen in quite some time.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Discovery shareholders by $7 million a day, so-called ticking fees that will heap more debt onto the highly leveraged transaction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

"All these apples will go on the compost heap," MacDonald tells me, ruefully.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

That promises to heap more pressure on an already strapped public — even if the full economic impact of higher energy prices might take a while to fully trickle down to the U.S. economy.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

He closed the book and carefully buried it under a heap of leaves to prevent further damage by sun and rain.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

Along with heaps of data on shoppers and an increasingly sophisticated digital advertising network, they have a fleet of smaller contract factories that can make pretty much anything and are eager for the business.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Manure from cattle, pigs and poultry is scooped from heaps in the fields and carefully weighed to be spread evenly.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Rescue teams and volunteers climbed heaps of ruins that used to be buildings as tall as 15 stories, screaming out the names of the missing.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

Chile imports more sulfuric acid than any other country and uses it to leach copper from huge heaps of ore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

There, in Dallben’s chamber, moldering tomes overflowed the sagging shelves and spilled onto the floor amid heaps of iron cook-pots, studded belts, harps with or without strings, and other oddments.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

At Olympic and South Lake, where encampments line the street and a fire once spread into a church parking lot, destroying vehicles, there’s a concrete triangle that was heaped with trash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

It’s always heaped with trash, like a municipal dump on a busy thoroughfare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

On Saturday, Ukraine's foreign minister Andriy Sybiga heaped further criticism on the Russian leader.

From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026

Jack Grealish played his part before a season-ending foot injury, but the workload heaped on Iliman Ndiaye and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall eventually took its toll.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

As one of them—a puny man heaped with lavish fur and silk—turned to glare at her, Pinmei could see they were as scarred as the servant.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

The RAC said price rises were "showing no signs of slowing, heaping more misery onto motorists".

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

ISTANBUL—Turkish authorities rushed to contain the fallout from the implosion of a series of investment funds that held billions of dollars, heaping fresh stress on Turkey’s troubled economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

At every turn, Schoenbrun buries the movie alive, heaping layer upon layer of meta subtext onto it.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

Graham was, rhetorically, almost pathetically in Trump’s thrall, heaping flattery onto a president who’d once posted Graham’s phone number online for mass harassment.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

I grabbed a heaping plate of fried okra and sat down next to her.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green




Vocabulary lists containing heap


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Just like flashcards, but way more fun

Don't take our word for it. Leave the boring studying behind and join VocabTrainer today. You'll learn even faster and never look back.

Take me to Vocabulary.com