abound
verb (used without object)
to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers.
had abounded
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past perfectof abound.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And at Nevado del Ruiz, warning signs had abounded since Dec. 22, 1984.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many of the new plebes had come from homes of luxury, where servants had abounded.
From Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
During the Commonwealth England had abounded with professional witch-detectors, who travelled from county to county, and occasioned the death of many unfortunate persons.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 by John Rudd
Signs and wonders had abounded to prove the heaven-blessed character of the crusades.
From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Chapman Cohen
Peter himself would not have wished him to do so, because where sin had abounded, grace had had the greater opportunity to super-abound.
From Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. by F. B. (Frederick Brotherton) Meyer
