piles

Example Sentences

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Churning piles of knees that hook and trip.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

People she met included a widow estranged from her adult children over financial woes, who stored piles of their belongings at their mother's home.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

He also kept copious and documented records of the people he knew: hence the piles of emails, photos and other documents that are now in the public domain.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

McClain seemed fine, but Tindal was struck by the piles of paper in his office.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Soon they had big piles of the shells in front of them.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn