Example sentences for: mound

How can you use “mound” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The West and East Gardens are split by the Mound, an artificial slope of rock and soil that carries a road connecting the New Town with the Old.

  • At the summit is one of the oldest stupas in the world, an immense white mound surmounted by a golden cube, on the four sides of which are the astonishing all-seeing eyes of Buddha.

  • A piece says major-league pitchers are injuring their arms more frequently because the mound is too low, the strike zone is too small, and the rise of other sports (soccer, basketball) has diminished the supply of major leaguers with strong arms.

  • I slowed to browse: first, a mound of sand-colored leggings and a veritable tower of dull forest-green numbers; nearby, two racks of gray garments hanging limply beneath a sign that said "$58."

  • Even if you don’t land a bargain, there is real aesthetic pleasure in seeing, at the end of the verbal “combat,” the disarray of silks thrown across a counter or a mound of carpets on the floor.


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