His debts were piling up.
Source: tatoeba (299080)
Piling
//ˈpaɪlɪŋ//
Synonyms for "piling" (30 found)
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9 translations across 3 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 桩子 noun (A structural support)
Finnish
4 entries- kasaaminen noun (The act of heaping up)
- kokoonkasaaminen noun (The act of heaping up)
- latominen noun (The act of heaping up)
- paalurakennelma noun (A structural support)
German
1 entries- Spundwand noun (A structural support)
Sample sentences
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And so the method that works is treading down the snow to harden it, making blocks and piling them up.
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The bills keep piling up.
Source: tatoeba (534646)
No matter how much I rush it, miscellaneous work keeps piling up and I can't catch up with it.
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