How to Use pile in in a Sentence

pile in

phrasal verb

• Clear your workspace: Put those piles in a box (for now).
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• The sound of money piling in will drown out the haters.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2023
• The previous night’s dishes were still piled in the sink and on the counter.
  — Peter C. Baker, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
• Psalm could be seen piled in the back on a bench seat with siblings Chicago, 5, and Saint, 7, and his cousins.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
• Police said the home was layered in filth, trash was piled in the kitchen, and the living room was filled with garbage.
  — Chris Ramirez, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• Though a few of the older kids piled in together at the back of the bus, many of the younger children sat beside their mothers.
  — Freep.com, 9 June 2023
• After shares of the healthcare heavyweight lagged all year, traders are piling in.
  — Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 14 July 2023
• In the cluttered house, cigarette butts are piled in an ashtray.
  — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
• In the morning, my wife and I took a saw to the water lines feeding the upstairs baseboard heaters and tossed them into a pile in the backyard.
  — Tik Root, Grist, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
• More soil and waste was added to the pile in 2022 when that elementary school was expanded.
  — Michael Lee, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
• Crushed empties piled in trenches next to dead Russians.
  — Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 8 June 2024
• Everyone piles in for the wedding, including a bunch of the OG couples.
  — Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 20 Feb. 2024
• Most of her belongings, including bags of clothes, an air fryer and a fan, were piled in the hallway.
  — Joanna Slater, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2023
• One of the easiest ways to dispose of lots of branches and sticks is to create a simple brush pile in an out-of-the-way corner of your yard.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2024
• The documents state that investigators later found signs of blood on the basement stairs, and a makeshift burn pile in the side yard of the home.
  — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 7 June 2024
• Rose clung to a pier piling in the surging water as a lifeguard hurried over on his own board before helping him back to the beach.
  — Alastair Bland, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
• The videos keep coming: armed fighters taunting men with their hands tied behind their backs, bodies piled in an open grave.
  — Alexis Okeowo, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2024
• The sun’s morning rays stretched across the Egyptian desert and illuminated stones piled in front of the entrance to an ancient tomb.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
• The glass will be piled in the void to bring it to surface level, clearing the way for construction crews to repave the road relatively quickly.
  — Lisa Rein, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
• Your child and their friends can pile in through the rounded door, unfurl the fabric door closure, and play space explorer to their hearts’ content.
  — Tanya Edwards, Parents, 25 Nov. 2023
• The need among small-time meme coin creators to peacock for attention became even more acute when celebrities piled in.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2024
• The baguettes and boules, piled in a bakery window, do seem pointedly rubbery — the props of a Potemkin prosperity.
  — Sophia Nguyen, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
• Luxury goods piled in the middle of the room, with invitations for attendees to pay for them?
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023
• Resulting in a bottom line that as new miners pile in, new blocks are produced at reliably the same rate.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Jan. 2024
• With no food or water amid the 100-degree heat, thousands began fleeing the city — only to be killed by snipers, leaving bodies piled in the streets.
  — Cora Engelbrecht, New York Times, 7 June 2023
• In the mornings, a contingency of locals pile in with newspapers to chew the fat over espresso and croissants.
  — Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2024
• If the shallows in your local water feature some rocks and vegetation, odds increase that the perch are piled in.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 14 Mar. 2024
• The young and old are piled in together -- pets fill the floor -- all with stories of life under Russian occupation.
  — Britt Clennett, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2023
• As the smoke piled in, Lake Arrowhead resident Doug Roath tooled around town on his bicycle.
  — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
• The diced avocado piled in a pale green mound atop the steaming bowl of soup won me over immediately.
  — Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024