How to Use accumulate in a Sentence

accumulate

verb
  • Evidence of his guilt is accumulating.
  • Court debt can accumulate, too, when it's not paid right away.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Some accumulate in human blood and take years to leave the body.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
  • The aim is to rid your home of any bad luck that’s accumulated over the past year.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The fliers that come through the mail slot accumulate but go unread.
    — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
  • These metals accumulate in the ground and pose a health risk.
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Dec. 2021
  • First, dust them off with a cloth or duster to catch all the grime accumulated on the blinds.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Over decades, soil accumulates, and birds or small mammals drop off seeds.
    — Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2025
  • That leaves eight open slots that will be filled by the teams that have accumulated the most points.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 June 2026
  • Use the crevice tool to reach seams, trim, and stitching where dust and dead skin can accumulate.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Don't wait for dirt to accumulate.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Walking is more than a way to accumulate steps.
    — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
  • So a lot of stories had accumulated in my ears on this theme, on this world.
    — Ilaria Ravarino, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2023
  • The result could be a fire sale as investors flee stocks and bonds to accumulate cash.
    — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 27 May 2023
  • Even if the mulch is stone, soil and dust accumulate as a place for weeds to germinate.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The snow accumulates into blocks of ice that turn grey from trash and passing car fumes.
    — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Passes slowed to a crawl as they got stuck in accumulating snow.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • But these products can accumulate fast and often don't live up to the hype.
    — Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 7 Feb. 2026
  • From food and drink waste to tissues and wipes, trash can accumulate quickly over a few hours.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Do teams accumulate cap space during the Olympic break, or is that frozen?
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • But the goals aren't coming even if the chances are starting to accumulate.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Yes, those picks are great, and Dubas has done a fine job of accumulating them.
    — Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Cooking oils leave residue that accumulates over time.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2026
  • But those grades also accumulate over the course of a season.
    — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 4 Nov. 2021
  • But the videos accumulate in a way that photographs could not.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Don’t forget the very top of the bookshelf, where dust tends to accumulate.
    — Sunshine Flint, Architectural Digest, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Only an inch or two of snow is expected to accumulate in the city.
    — Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Those ice disks spawn from accumulating soft ice crystals called frazil.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Inkabee has since accumulated the kind of resume that would turn heads at any age.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Crumbs can accumulate anywhere in the kitchen.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025

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