Heaped

Examples

• It is a coal of fire heaped on my head; and so is every word you address to me, and every look that lights your sweet face. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• So he remains for a minute or two, heaped up against it, and then staggers down the shop to the front door. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Even in this darkness he could see the heaped pallor of old white flowers at his feet. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Greatly relieved by Mr Merdle's affable offer of assistance, he caught at it directly, and heaped acknowledgments upon him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Their bodies were heaped together, a leathern carpet was spread over them, and on this gruesome table Abul Abbas and his councillors feasted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Haven't you yourself declared that the fellow has heaped provocations, insults, and affronts on you, or something to that effect? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• In his youth he had ardently loved this woman, and had heaped upon her all the locked-up wealth of his affection and imagination. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• But the wrongs society has heaped upon me are treasured in this breast. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Ridicule was heaped upon him in the public prints, and mathematics were called into service by learned men to settle the point forever that he was attempting the utterly impossible. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The wetted paper is heaped upon a truck, which gradually descends, to keep the upper sheets on a level with the table, till the paper is piled up a yard in thickness. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• You have heaped insults upon me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Yes--I gave you time enough: my hair wouldn't go, Madame Olenska said, raising her hand to the heaped-up curls of her chignon. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Tortures and ignominies shall be heaped upon you until you grovel at my feet asking the boon of death. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Still I accused you, and heaped on your head the fiery ashes of my burning impatience. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It is a clear, hot coal fire, heaped high in the ample chimney. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I felt impatient of him and out of temper with him; in which condition he heaped coals of fire on my head. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

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