abound
verb (used without object)
to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers.
was abounding
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past progressiveof abound.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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A Chicago native, Miggins said that, growing up, she had no personal connections to the Navy, but her love for aviation was abounding.
From Fox News β Feb. 24, 2022
Self-esteem was abounding in the young Hebrew, and he did not hesitate to compare himself with others to his own advantage.
From Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century by James Richard Joy
With Edrige, the associate miniature-painter, and two other artists, he was once at a fair in the country where strong ale was abounding, and much fun, and drollery, and din.
From Art in England Notes and Studies by Dutton Cook
As for her, she was abounding in a tremulous satisfaction.
From Rose MacLeod by Alice Brown
The people evidently were wealthy for that time and locality, many slaves were on the place, and it was abounding in live stock and poultry of all kinds.
From The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 by Leander Stillwell
