How to Use accumulate in a Sentence

accumulate

verb

• Evidence of his guilt is accumulating.
• 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
• While boomers have had more time to accumulate wealth, the wealth of those ages 20 to 39 has declined.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2023
• The fliers that come through the mail slot accumulate but go unread.
  — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
• The result could be a fire sale as investors flee stocks and bonds to accumulate cash.
  — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 27 May 2023
• But the goals aren't coming even if the chances are starting to accumulate.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 19 Mar. 2023
• About one-tenth to one-quarter of an inch of rain is likely in the area, though more could accumulate if storms are strong.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
• The researchers were surprised to find that most of the cocaine accumulated in the fish’s eyes instead of their brain.
  — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 26 July 2023
• So a lot of stories had accumulated in my ears on this theme, on this world.
  — Ilaria Ravarino, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2023
• But the videos accumulate in a way that photographs could not.
  — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2023
• The video, depicting a slideshow of the pink peonies in stores, has accumulated over 7,000 likes.
  — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2024
• The fewer carpets and rugs in your home, the fewer areas where dust mites can live and accumulate.
  — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 11 July 2023
• Once in the food chain, the compounds tend to accumulate in people and animals.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2023
• Officials said the Blue Earth River has cut around the sides of the dam while debris accumulates.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 25 June 2024
• Like anyone who’s been in the game for more than three decades, Snoop Dogg has accumulated a lot of Doggy Dogg… stuff.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 May 2024
• Sand carried in by tides and storms accumulates in what’s called a flood-tide shoal at the northwest corner of the lagoon near the inlet.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2024
• The clear acrylic roof helps to keep rain off the fruit and out of the cups, preventing water from accumulating or mold from growing.
  — Kristen (kj) Callihan, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2023
• And so over time, one of the problems was that this then meant that your computer would accumulate random files.
  — Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Mar. 2024
• Rainfall from Mawar could accumulate to as much as 20 inches on Guam, while the storm surge is forecast to reach as high as 25 feet.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 24 May 2023
• Griddles accumulate a lot of fat during cooking that often needs to be pushed away from the food and into the hole.
  — goodhousekeeping.com, 1 June 2023
• The four group winners who accumulate the most points in the group stage will advance to the Cup semifinals in early August.
  — Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
• Hayes and Lopes did not say in their court filings how many fines accumulated.
  — Don Thompson, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
• But there's something about the Ioniq 5's hatch that makes the rear glass accumulate snow, rain, dust, and dirt like nobody's business.
  — Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 16 Mar. 2023
• This excess gas can accumulate in the stomach and intestines, the doctor said.
  — Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2024
• But the warm-up that occurred around Christmas Day thawed any ice that had accumulated.
  — Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
• Specifically, the two additional stories could cause rain and snow to accumulate in greater amounts on the roof of the house owned by the Lees.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
• By the time of her seizure, the blood from her subdural hematoma had accumulated enough to displace Garot’s brain, pushing it over to the right side and causing a stroke.
  — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2023
• And over the years, evidence has been accumulating that GLP-1 drugs are one of these risk factors.
  — Ed Cara/ Gizmodo, Quartz, 21 May 2024
• This plate may flex and accumulate stresses from heat coming up from a cooling core.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2023
• On her lunch break, Adkins went outside and saw water accumulating in the parking lot.
  — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024