1.   Collected under her hands they made a thick pile.

2.   He lay back on his thick pile of cushions and chuckled.

3.   Her feet sank into the thick pile of the carpet.

4.   Her feet sank into the thick pile of the rug.

5.   She saw feet sinking into the thick pile of the new rugs whose abstract patterns evoked the work of contemporary artists.

6.   The situation is improved by adding velvet curtains, acoustic tiles and a thick pile carpet.

7.   She never found anything, but there was always a thick pile of forms to fill out at the end of each visit, accounting for every penny.

8.   Another aim of the renovation is to clean that water and dredge the moat, clearing away the thick piles of mud that have collected at the bottom.

9.   Gentle gulf waves throw shells on the beach in piles as thick as fall leaves.

10.   His thick pile of clips includes scores of stories about his case in publications from The Boston Globe to El Mundo, from Worcester magazine to Esquire.