Example Sentences

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And at Nevado del Ruiz, warning signs had abounded since Dec. 22, 1984.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Meyer, F. B. (Frederick Brotherton)

Cambridge had abounded in Indians; and beneath that tall clock tower at Westminster it seemed as though the world might centre.

From The Research Magnificent by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

He had abounded in anecdote, sarcasm, reflection, based partly on his own experiences, partly on his endless talks with the working-folk, now in the public-house, now at their own chimney-corner.

From Marcella by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

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 Roe, Edward Payson