“Sponges grow by accretion and therefore lack a fixed primary axis.”

“Unfortunately it's weighted down with accretion upon accretion of utterly self-indulgent pomposity.”

“The basement was cluttered with an accretion of dusty old books and vintage vinyl records.”

“The accrescence of tumor volume in treatment groups was reduced compared to that of the control group.”

“Gemmes, what are they, but gums or the accretions or congelations of brighter water and earth?”

“Their surfaces are accretions of controlled gestures, spatters of paint that lead from one stroke to another, singular and serial actions.”

“War strips us of the later accretions of civilization and lays bare the primal man in each of us.”