Example Sentences

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It was only after the session that he realized how much work stress had been accumulating in his body over the past several months.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2025

The El Niño event might therefore have "lifted the lid" on warming, allowing ocean heat that had been accumulating to escape into the atmosphere.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025

Ms. Ferry said that since Jack Daniel’s built a barrelhouse next to her house in December, whiskey fungus had been accumulating on the roof of her home and car and on trees on her property.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2023

The Willows managers said that they feared for the safety of guests, staff and islanders, and that Wetzel’s response underlined leadership failures that had been accumulating for years.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2021

I took his suitcase from the corner where it had been accumulating dust and put what he would need into it.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles