How to Use pile on in a Sentence

pile on

phrasal verb

• The singer and beauty mogul piled on the leather for her night out.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2023
• Both are piled on white bread and soaked down with the restaurant's sweet and spicy red sauce.
  — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2024
• The crowd cheered—and her team piled on top of her—when Choi was declared the winner.
  — Sean Gregory, TIME, 5 Mar. 2024
• At the house, newspapers were piled on the front stoop, Lindberg said in court.
  — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
• And the trees have been piled on the sides of the road and doesn't look like a terrible disaster came through.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
• And the kids were just piling on each other trying to get out.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
• The geese were piled on a grassy area against the furniture store’s wall, though the parking lot belongs to the CVS.
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2024
• In her tent, Nelson piled on blankets, held her dog close and went to sleep.
  — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
• The city approved a permit for the tree’s removal, among others now in a pile on the lot, on June 8.
  — oregonlive, 15 July 2023
• Traders have piled on, driving the S&P 500 to a fresh closing high on Monday.
  — Dylan Butts, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024
• That’s 90 tons of eelgrass spun into rope, wrapped around the top of each timber frame and piled on.
  — Anna Fiorentino, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
• The Super Kings piled on 181 runs in the first innings, as Lahiru Milantha hit the first six.
  — Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 14 July 2023
• The dusty, blue-green coins appear densely packed and piled on top of each other.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
• Regardless, the last week has been one in which many critics have piled on Google.
  — Cio, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• Good luck to the hunters once Doritos brand loyalists pile on.
  — M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
• Make this quick chili recipe stand out by piling on extra cheese, onions, and sour cream.
  — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 July 2023
• Lively piled on the bling, adding sparkly hoop earrings and chunky rings.
  — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
• Like her daughter, Tina piled on the bling and wore her hair down in a wavy style, topped off with what appear to be new bangs.
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
• Traffic begins to pile on the boulevard as the sun sways below the horizon.
  — Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
• Next … the segment of Dodger fans who can’t resist piling on Dave Roberts was at it again the other day.
  — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 30 May 2024
• And the nature of that debt is piling on the agony: Almost a quarter of it is tied to inflation.
  — Mark Thompson, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
• Besides the question of what to spend Seid’s pile on, Leo can also decide how long to hold on to the money.
  — Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 16 May 2023
• Edmonton piled on for 7-1 with Holloway’s second goal of the night, and the final score on a Ryan McLeod shot.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 16 June 2024
• Opposite the garden, dozens of paintings were piled on a tall shelf.
  — Alex Traub, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
• South Park also piled on by mocking her in a recent episode.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
• But in true Marvel fashion, more and more stuff just keeps getting piled on the base story.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
• The victims were found with their hands tied behind their backs and dumped into a pile on Monday night.
  — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
• At the final whistle the Spanish players piled on each other in front of their goal.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
• If this were a TV series, each new biome feels like an episode that piles on to a satisfying finale.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
• Daddy was an Adlai Stevenson man and had the only compost pile on the block, but the neighbor, who liked Ike, could always be counted on to burn his leaves.
  — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024