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
Mun Bun and Margy came from the yard, where they had been playing in the sand pile, and they, too, wanted rides.
From Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's by Laura Lee Hope