The clothes had been sorted into piles on the coffee table.

Another team was seated in groups, chattering as they picked over the cut stems and sorted them into piles.

Our job was to sort the potatoes into piles of small, medium and large, as monks walked by, examining our efforts.

It took about five minutes to sort the jumble of papers into neat piles, and then he was ready to begin.

The bodies had all been stripped and the belongings sorted into neat piles, according to type.

His father sorted them into piles by shape and size, depth and weight.

He spread a blanket near the fireplace and sorted the buttons into piles according to size.

I've taken everything out of his trunk and sorted things into piles.

She has in front of her flowers and foliage sorted into piles.

I sat beside him on the wet deck, sorting my worries into useless piles.