How to Use mound in a Sentence

mound

1 of 2 noun
  • Huge snow piles, huge snow mounds.
    — CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The game wasn’t his best on the mound.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • One of their best hurlers is on the mound tonight.
    — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
  • Snell, in fact, has yet to throw off a mound.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026
  • In that case, use a drench to kill fire ant mounds.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 May 2026
  • The team then met on the mound to try to calm down.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Jesse steps up on the mound and blazes the ball past him.
    — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
  • There is a huge mound of concrete.
    — Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Jensen was glad to start with Cameron on the mound.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
  • His stretches on the mound were short.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The duel on the mound was so-so.
    — CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Just getting the feel back on a game mound.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 2 May 2026
  • Marsh had yet to prove it on the mound, but that didn’t take long.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Spread roots evenly over the mound.
    — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 10 Mar. 2026
  • To use it, sprinkle it over and around ant mounds.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 June 2026
  • Video from the scene shows a mound of debris in the street.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Ruger has made a huge impact and not just on the mound.
    — Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Getting their ace back on the mound counts as a big win.
    — David Brown, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Some shells are soft, and others are hard with spikes or mounds.
    — Kate Siber, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Ben Williamson then bunted back to the mound.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Place your plant in the hole on the soil mound, spreading out the roots.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Pfaadt was on the mound at the start of the seventh, though not for long.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
  • There was a mound, some thirty feet high, of gray-brown, dusty stone.
    — Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • And Bergert was on the mound to start the game.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Palacio threw his glove in the air and fell to his knees in front of the mound.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Make a mound visit or keep a pitcher in rhythm?
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Ohtani made his return to the mound this season as well.
    — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The only thing that slowed his roll was the mound itself.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
  • Of course, the Tigers lost last year with Skubal on the mound.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Once your seedlings have started to spout, then the mound down to one strong seedling.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 26 June 2026

mound

2 of 2 verb
  • He mounded the food onto his plate.
  • To serve, mound some of the warm beans on the bread slices on a platter.
    — Jill Wendholt Silva, charlotteobserver, 22 Dec. 2017
  • To serve, mound the warm sprouts on a plate and drizzle the aioli over top.
    — Cincinnati.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Top each mound with a whole burrata.
    — C.w. Cameron, AJC.com, 11 Jan. 2026
  • If the dough is cracking, mound it into a ball and roll out again.
    — Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Nov. 2020
  • With a low-mounding habit, this plant looks right at home in any setting.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Tear the bread into 1-inch pieces and mound them on the baking sheet.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2021
  • Protect the roots by mulching well with leaves, pine straw, or mounding soil over the roots.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
  • After the foliage has reached around a foot tall, mound more soil around the base of your plants.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Check the label for height and spread, as some grow large and mounding while others hug the ground.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 3 May 2026
  • Check the label for height and spread, as some grow large and mounding while others hug the ground.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
  • Garden or bagged soil is mounded around the base of the rose to protect the roots and crown of the plant.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Tahini sauce is mounded with honeyed kumquats.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Bees love this fragrant, mounding plant that spreads over time but is not invasive.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Set out salad plates, mounding each with the salad (or serve on a large platter).
    — Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Use an ice cream scoop to fill and mound up the stuffing in muffin tins, removing the bay leaf.
    — Carrie Knauer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Two weeks before harvest, tie the tops together, and mound soil up to the base of the leaves.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 19 Apr. 2017
  • Mulch around plants to help conserve moisture, but don’t let the mulch mound around stems or trunks; that can lead to crown rot.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee.com, 30 June 2017
  • Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to the pan and mound the mussels in the center.
    — SFChronicle.com, 16 Sep. 2020
  • The secret to success with this dessert is mounding the fruit in the middle so none of the juices leak.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
  • One approach is to bury the pots underground, and mound soil or mulch over top to cover the graft union.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Just don’t mound mulch up directly against the plant’s stems or trunk, which invites diseases and pests.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Fill each pepper half with dip until slightly mounded.
    — Holly Riordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Grasp the corners of the parchment and pull them toward the center to mound the granola in a pile.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Austin slammed his bat to the ground and headed to the pitchers mound to go after Kelly.
    — Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Layer apples on top, being careful not to mound them in center.
    — Lisa Ludwinski, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2018
  • To serve, mound the quinoa on each plate, top with a fish fillet, spoon some of the pan juices over the quinoa and fish, and add a lemon wedge.
    — Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 31 May 2022
  • The cheese, though, is white Prairie Breeze, shaved fine and mounded like a snowdrift atop the bowl.
    — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Spoon the batter into the pan, mounding it lightly down the center.
    — Lisa Yockelson, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2023
  • Spoon the batter into the pan, mounding it slightly down the center.
    — Lisa Yockelson, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2019

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