piles

Example Sentences

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Nearly three months on, the building still carries the attack in its bones: insurers picking through debris, piles of glass heaped by the entrance, the auditorium a burnt-out shell.

From BBC

On the other end were the stables and blacksmith, where there were piles and piles of straw.

From Literature

Companies could also field questions about whether, or how, they might get refunds on the piles of money they’ve paid in import taxes over the past year.

From MarketWatch

It has already been a wild winter in the eastern U.S., with record snowfall and frigid temperatures that have kept piles of snow from melting since the last major winter storm in late January.

From The Wall Street Journal

For those of us in the greater Northeast, frigid temperatures, subzero wind chills and high piles of snow that have now turned into thick blocks of ice remain relentless.

From Salon