How to Use pile in in a Sentence

pile in

verb
  • Traders have piled in to stocks on any hint that the war might be coming to an end.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Big-box players are piling in too.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Broken furniture was piled in a front room.
    — Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • When possible, avoid placing piles in bike lanes.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado january 30, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The snow pile in the junk lot is extremely dark and covered in filth and debris.
    — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The smell of fresh paint is still hanging in the hallways, waiting for tenants to pile in.
    — Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • All the bedding, which had been stripped from the beds was found piled in the laundry room and in the machine.
    — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Meredith amassed for himself the largest slush pile in the business, and a small fortune.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the snow from Friday's storm was piled in the right and left field corners.
    — CBS News, 27 Dec. 2025
  • The resulting wood chips and soil are either piled in place to rot and decay or hauled offsite.
    — Daniel Scott, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Corpses were piled in parks and hospitals throughout Mashhad.
    — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Those giant snow piles in some parking lots won't be going anywhere anytime soon, but most of the snow is gone from your yard.
    — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Families pile in with kids decked out in their Sunday best — bows in their hair, fluffy dresses, cowlicks gelled down.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Tidy Your Landscaping Keep your grass cut short and limit leaf piles in the yard.
    — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The space giant’s IPO last week broke records and investors have only piled in since.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 16 June 2026
  • Staying on top of the paper piles in small doses keeps this task from becoming overwhelming over time.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2025
  • In these cases, leaves are often required to be piled in the right-of-way rather than street gutter to minimize mess and clogged drains.
    — Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Then Vrabel instructed everyone to pile in for a group photo.
    — Chad Graff, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Speed up decomposition by building the pile in a full sun location and turning it every week or so.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2026
  • Reducing piles in the garage, attic, and basement can reduce the number of hiding spots for unwanted guests.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 May 2026
  • This can be done as a compost pile in the back corner of your yard, in a commercial compost bin, or in a trench right in your vegetable garden or flower bed.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 24 May 2026
  • Instead of piling in all the interest, use restraint to build a space with character that still feels open and airy, with plenty of breathing room.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2026
  • The program, called Snow Secure, involves placing polystyrene panels over large snow piles in the summer.
    — Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The mother of three from San Jose even holds playdates at Costco with the kids piled in one cart, groceries in another.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 27 June 2026
  • On Monday, the group lit a large symbolic menorah, singing songs about peace as floral arrangements lay piled in the center of the pavilion.
    — Leora Arnowitz, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The theater was also immediately gutted, the audience chairs yanked out and flung into a pile in the middle of the studio.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
  • An empty dishwasher signals to everyone in the household exactly where to put their dirty dishes, preventing piles in the sink.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Thoma Bravo has so far sat out the push into retail as Blackstone, KKR, and others have piled in.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Global central banks have also piled in, drawn to gold’s high liquidity, lack of default risk, and broadly neutral status as a reserve asset.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025
  • With local bond yields above 40% and a central bank backing a stable dollar peg, traders piled in — borrowing cheaply abroad to buy high-yield Turkish assets.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025

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