mounded

past tense of mound

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of mounded The uniform mounded shape and purple hues of the flower spikes, along with the contrasting silvery foliage, add attractive structure and framing along the edges of paved walkways. — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 22 June 2026 Kent mounded up soil the couple bought from GreatSoil to create some elevation. — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026 One stretch, called Stuyvesant Cove Park, comprises only a floodable esplanade with plantings mounded up to the top of an eight-foot-high barrier wall that rises from street level and runs along an elevated section of FDR Drive. — James S. Russell, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026 The cheese, though, is white Prairie Breeze, shaved fine and mounded like a snowdrift atop the bowl. — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026 Montgomery says that your strawberry rows should be about 24 inches wide and mounded 6 inches high. — Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026 Rounds of roasted purple sweet potatoes arrive mounded with a mixture of salsa macha and butter, and liberally flecked with chives. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026 Fresh thyme and roasted garlic butter make for a bright-yet-rich broth, always mounded with Dungeness claws and hefty prawns. — Becky Duffett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 Tahini sauce is mounded with honeyed kumquats. — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mounded
Verb
  • On a recent Sunday afternoon, shoppers crowded the aisles at Tri Ocean Seafood Market on South Federal Boulevard, weaving around carts piled high with dragon fruit, Thai bananas and bundles of fresh herbs.
    — Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Brats in buns were piled high with brown mustard and sauerkraut, while a sausage sampler platter (for $18) featured three types of German sausages and spaetzle.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Elsewhere, the Bound for Glory card is stacked with championship and grudge matches.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • During Trautman’s visit in the fall of 1942, when matériel was unloaded off the coast of Australia, it was stacked on the beaches, fully exposed to the elements.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • This explains why the isotopes are so well mixed rather than clumped, and also tells us that Bennu's parent probably formed not long after Jupiter did.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The heroine’s eyes are filled with yearning, her eyelashes glistening and ever-so-perfectly clumped?
    — Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 5 July 2026

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“Mounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mounded. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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