Andy made the girls lie down together, and then he piled sand high over them, leaving a space over their noses for breathing.

Without a strong levee, the people here have been racing to pile sand and sandbags in front of the enroaching river.

"Piled sand just does not stand up to time as much as a natural dune," he said.

It was a prairie-dog town, where the little squirrel-like animals had piled up much sand.

On top of the grass she had piled sand.

Only a little wind could pile sand up behind her so she might never be floated.

The Iraqis piled sand and gravel on the runways, apparently in an attempt to prevent aircraft from landing.

She sat down beside and a trifle behind him, and began idly piling sand in her lap.

They piled sand around the cabanas to keep them from being swept away, as they were four years ago, like so many floating boxes.

As they emerge from the ground, wind begins to pile sand up at the base of the plants.