“Scraps of paper should never be used, for they will accumulate into a pile of unrelated matter, among which it will be difficult to find any desired fact.”

“The tyrant is hoarding power for himself, much like squirrels accumulate acorns in the late fall.”

“He is profligate only in his determination to accumulate his wealth in the form of unspoiled land and untamed nature.”

“As a result, it accumulates in the brain causing stress and further tiredness.”

“The embryo enters a quiescent stage, accumulates storage compounds and acquires desiccation tolerance.”

“The main source of bacterial growth in whirlpool tubs is the residue which accumulates in the piping.”

“Nice of you to wad up all the goodwill you've accumulated and flush it down the toilet.”

“One such body function is the occasional need to eliminate accumulated waste gases from the digestive tract.”

“When it rains storm water washes the accumulated waste into the water sources.”

“Scientific investigation proceeds not by amassing conclusions but by accumulating incremental evidence, which is all that we can know.”

“The U.S. trade imbalance was looming larger every year, and Japan was, as it still is, accumulating a huge trade surplus.”

“After accumulating enough data, we calculated that each person spent at least a full minute in a stall.”