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
  • This is so many different kinds of humor piled together, from callback to callout to laugh-at-him-not-with-him arrogant mistake to conscious, hyperbolic comic echoing to edgy provocation.
    Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 July 2026
  • Despite these flat denials, and no mention of the ‘curse’ before 1990, the mythology only grew as Mayo’s barren years piled up.
    Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • Portugal are stacked with world-class talent in midfield, and there is no shame in losing out on a spot to Vitinha, Bernardo Silva, Joao Neves or Bruno Fernandes.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The Hurricanes’ cornerback room is stacked entering the 2026 season.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The heroine’s eyes are filled with yearning, her eyelashes glistening and ever-so-perfectly clumped?
    Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 5 July 2026
  • The same is true if the entire jar seems overly hardened or clumped into a solid mass.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 9 May 2026

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“Mounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mounded. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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