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
  • With the throne disengaged from governance, petitions and reports from officials piled up unread, crucial state posts went unfilled, and the imperial bureaucracy splintered amid poisonous factional infighting.
    — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Richland lost a 45-42 heartbreaker to Highland Park at Birdville FA/AC after UCLA commit Jayshon Gibson — who piled up 273 rushing yards and five total touchdowns — left the game with cramps late in the fourth quarter.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Timing wasn’t on their side, as the motion picture group stacked dizzying losses for WBD this year (despite a banner 2025).
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of bending one solid piece, the wood is cut into thin strips, coated with adhesive, stacked back together, and pressed against a curved mold.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Sep. 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 6 Oct. 2026.

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