How to Use accumulate in a Sentence

accumulate

verb

• Evidence of his guilt is accumulating.
• Using a wet/dry vac, collect leaves, dirt, and other debris that has accumulated in the gutters.
  — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Aug. 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
• Carbon accumulates in mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrasses at a rate ten times faster than in terrestrial ecosystems.
  — Zayna Syed, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2023
• After three weekends, the film has accumulated $4.77 million.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 2 Sep. 2024
• Asian homeowners accumulated the most wealth gains in the past decade, followed by Hispanic Americans.
  — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
• This single-basin stainless steel kitchen sink is installed below the countertop, giving your space a seamless look and preventing buildup that can sometimes accumulate around the edges of a drop-in stainless steel sink.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2023
• This detergent is specifically designed to combat the odor-causing bacteria that can accumulate in your activewear, leaving you with fresh-smelling, clean clothing.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2023
• 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 result could be a fire sale as investors flee stocks and bonds to accumulate cash.
  — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 27 May 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• By the time of the shooting, the officer had accumulated more than 61 citizen complaints in 11 years on the job.
  — Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Sep 2024