Sentence examples for being piled on from inspiring English sources

But often you get the impression — as you do with Mr. Guare's script — of glittery effects being piled on like ornate cloaks grabbed in haste from a costume trunk.

Although there was a sense of riches being piled on -- a striped cashmere sweater in multiple autumn hues over a short crewel-embroidered brown tweed skirt, a lace-cut leather mini with lace-cut, thigh-high boots -- the underlying spirit of the clothes was young, younger than Mr. de la Renta has shown in a while.

Nearby, men and bicycles are being piled on top of buses.

And in Greece and Ireland, as they push through austerity programmes, it will feel as if Pelion is being piled on Ossa.

It is obvious that Greece will not be able to repay its existing debt, much less the additional debt being piled on its shoulders.

My main argument with Lansley is that by imposing this forced deadline of 2014, we see, because of the reorganisation, extra pressure being piled on hospitals now.

But all the pagan-Christian trimmings are piled on so heavily that they smother individual characterization.

"And then all sorts of fees and costs are piled on," Mr. Zinner said.

So demand goes down as rules and regulations are piled on," Ribble said.

Shirts were removed, lampposts were clambered, cars were piled on and flags were waved.

It's piling on".