Example Sentences

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At the NBA’s big game, Fergie, without fear or shame, Heaped derision on her name.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2018

Heaped along the ceilings, like drifts of snow, were white Christmas lights, pushback against the dominance of the winter night.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2012

Heaped on the kitchen table are the portable cassette recorders, M-F cassettes, phone patches, and line ties of the four phone phreaks present.

From Slate • Oct. 7, 2011

Heaped against the shore or rearing in the channel were dead drift-trees, overgrown with weeds and vines.

From Time Magazine Archive

Heaped by the steps of Blake’s cabin, the tangled vines already drying out.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead