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
The spring evening deepened from twilight into dusk, the moon rose and shone with mild radiance over the scene that had abounded in gloom, tragedy and adventure the night before.
From Miss Lou by Edward Payson Roe
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
Where "sin had abounded, grace did much more abound."
From The Runaway The Adventures of Rodney Roverton by Unknown
That grace might superabound where sin had abounded.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
