How to Use pileup in a Sentence

pileup

noun

• A five-car pileup slowed traffic.
• There’s a bit of a pileup here in a battle for the third spot.
  — Brice Paterik, Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2021
• The bigger the pileup on the side of the interstate, the better.
  — Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2021
• But that could lead to a pileup of tours in search of new dates in the fall or even next year.
  — Ben Sisario, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020
• Aerial video of the scene shows tens of train cars piled up with flames and a large plume of black smoke rising up from the front of the pileup.
  — Amber Mohmand, USA TODAY, 17 May 2021
• The delay was caused by a red flag following a rare pit-late pileup on the 14th lap.
  — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 6 July 2020
• That led to a massive 10-race pileup and the red flag was out for roughly 20 minutes.
  — Dan Gelston, ajc, 9 Aug. 2021
• Mullen reached in and appeared to take the ball away from Bandy before a pileup ensued.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 28 Nov. 2022
• Seguin’s slapper was the first power-play goal of training camp that wasn’t a tip or pileup at the net.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 24 July 2020
• The crash led to a 28-car pileup that left four dead, the Lakewood Police Department said at the time.
  — Amir Vera and Raja Razek, CNN, 30 Dec. 2021
• That led to a pileup of around 100 planes by the end of April, many of which Boeing had hoped to deliver by year-end.
  — Andrew Tangel, WSJ, 13 July 2021
• Tour de France teams have asked fans to behave better after a mass pileup in the 15th stage.
  — USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
• The studio may have been trying to avoid the pileup of scary movies on schedule around Halloween.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 31 July 2023
• In Ohio, dozens of vehicles were involved in a pileup that killed at least 4.
  — Joel Shannon, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2022
• The pileup of issues is a concern likely to prey on the minds of Twitter’s investors.
  — Wired, 12 July 2022
• Give them the wheel and you are bound to crash, and likely incite a pileup on the nearest interstate.
  — Ellevate, Forbes, 14 June 2021
• Be sure to start the day with an empty dishwasher so guests can load their own dishes to avoid a pileup in the sink.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2023
• Yet at the show’s start, the novelty factor was dulled by a pileup of young acts doing soft rock.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2021
• But up ahead, a four-car pileup was snarling traffic more than usual.
  — New York Times, 19 Apr. 2021
• But in the film’s brisk screen progress, the pileup of left-field plot developments soon becomes overkill.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 Mar. 2022
• Photos and video of the slide showed a pileup of trees, dirt and debris that broke away from the steep slope above the road and crossed into the water below.
  — Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 8 May 2022
• The pileup left 24 people injured, in addition to the six deaths.
  — Talal Ansari, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2022
• And the next time through the turn, seven more cars were involved in the pileup bringing out another red flag.
  — Michael Marot, ajc, 16 Aug. 2021
• Cruz’s injury, to his thumb, was fluky; McCloud’s leg was mangled in a pileup.
  — Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2022
• The state’s week of weather hell started with a deadly 133-car pileup outside of Fort Worth.
  — Dallas News, 18 Feb. 2021
• Photos showed a black pickup truck on top of a massive pileup.
  — Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2022
• Nonetheless, amid the pileup, Trump did manage to score some yardage.
  — Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com, 11 July 2020
• But consulates have in recent weeks been flooded with such requests, adding to the pileup.
  — New York Times, 15 Oct. 2021
• If you’re stressed out by a pileup of past notifications, clear those out as well.
  — Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
• Rice is currently facing charges for a March hit-and-run crash in Dallas where his Lamborghini crashed into his friend’s Corvette while driving 119 mph, leading to a six-car pileup and at least four injuries.
  — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 7 May 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024