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Example sentences for "abound"

Lexicographically close words:
abot; aboud; aboudt; aboue; abought; aboundance; abounded; aboundeth; abounding; abounds
  1. Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

  2. It is undoubtedly true, that all the hills and mountains surrounding this immense lake, abound in valuable minerals, of which the copper, in every variety of form, is the most abundant.

  3. Pickerel and perch also abound in all the waters of this region, but I do not consider them equal to the same varieties in New England.

  4. They are not deep, but perfectly clear, abound in fish, and encircled with sand.

  5. They are all remarkably clear, and abound in waterfalls.

  6. The five rivers which empty into Lake Superior on the north, and the thirty streams which run from the south, all abound in this superb fish, which vary from ten to forty ounces in weight.

  7. Such galls abound in tannin, and are frequently of use in the arts on this account: they also contain starch, and proteid substances and crystals of calcium oxalate.

  8. The forests abound in game, and in every kind of wood for ornamental work.

  9. Near this town are several mountains, called Guaraceaba, some of which abound with rich oxide of iron, which on smelting, has proved very good.

  10. Canga is the name of ferruginous quartz, fragments of which abound in this town, and are used for paving the streets.

  11. So called, because they abound with these animals.

  12. They abound in red-tiled houses of antique pattern, narrow streets, that at the end of the village lose themselves in beautiful lanes, fringed on either side with long rows of stately trees that shade the close-cut hawthorne hedges.

  13. In the lowlands dye woods and valuable timbers abound in the virgin forests, as well as medicinal plants, india rubber, palms, etc.

  14. Both the Atlantic and Pacific shores abound in deep indentations forming magnificent harbors and sheltered bays.

  15. Yam tubers abound in farinaceous matter and often reach a large size.

  16. Its name refers to the glaciers which abound and reflect beautiful colors.

  17. They abound with monumental fountains profusely adorned with groups of sculpture, and supplied the model for those of half the palaces of Europe.

  18. Allied species, which promise a valuable future, abound from Puget Sound to Alaska on the Pacific coast.

  19. They abound in this desert, free, certain of living.

  20. Invalid priests abound and say as many masses as may be wanted: everything at Eaux Bonnes suffers for want of room; they form in line for prayers as for drinking, and are as crowded at the chapel as at the tap.

  21. The history of every University town provides instances of street conflicts--the records of Orleans and Toulouse abound in them--but we must be content with a tale from Leipsic.

  22. Prohibitions of noise and disturbance in lecture-rooms abound in all statutes.

  23. Fitzjames's letters abound with such assurances, which were fully as sincere as they were cordial.

  24. His letters abound in enthusiastic remarks about the scenery, and describe his pleasure in the intercourse with neighbours of all classes, and in the visits of old friends who came to stay with him.

  25. The mountainous ridges which surround these cavities reflect the greatest quantity of light; and hence that region of the moon in which they abound appears brighter than any other.

  26. The various accounts of the two transits abound with remarks like these, which indicate the existence of an atmosphere about Venus of nearly the density and extent of the earth's atmosphere.

  27. They are also the summer residence of those Warblers which love reeds, and which abound much more on the reedier lakes of Biel and Neuchâtel.

  28. These mountains are everywhere thickly clothed with wood, saving only the platform whereon the house is built; deer abound on the lower ridges, and the bear yet finds ample cover here.

  29. Where Spanish life is most stripped of material prosperity, it seems most to abound in suggestions of romance.

  30. He has not the unfailing charm of Malebranche, nor that which belongs in a less degree, and with more mannerism, to Fenelon; he is very unequal, and small blemishes of style abound in him.

  31. But they abound in keen social satire, in acute literary criticism, and in verbal wit.

  32. Instances such as this abound in the mysteries, which are sometimes avowedly interrupted in order that the audience may be diverted by a farcical interlude.

  33. Excellent portraits abound in this tale of Munster.

  34. Vivid and convincing sketches of Irish provincial life abound in 'The Merchant of Killogue.

  35. Of all this I have a painfully vivid recollection, and particularly of the little annoyances inflicted upon me by the dull and coarse jokes of the wits and wags who abound in all such places, and upon all such occasions.

  36. Spain is known to abound in melons, for Murillo's beggar-boys are perpetually eating them; but we believe it will be news to most Englishmen that the land of dykes supplies London with fragrant cargoes of an almost tropical fruit.

  37. He says, there is great disorder and want of discipline, and that by some means or other the common soldiers abound more in money, and game higher, than their officers.

  38. The pieces which were best calculated to form and refine the minds of the people, all abound with maxims of loyalty, with respect for religion, and the subordinations of civil society.

  39. Those yielded by orthoclase must generally abound in potash, while albite and labradorite, containing little or none of that element, must produce soils in which it is deficient.

  40. It is needless to say that Indian folk-tales abound with references to the same practices.

  41. When we are on the look-out for beans we shall find them beneath even seven feather-beds; and when shillelahs abound there will never be wanting the trail of a coat-tail across the path.

  42. The frogs are great enemies to the young broods; they are also the prey of the masquinougé, and I believe of other large fish that abound in these waters.

  43. Female jugglers abound to such a degree, that they almost out-number the gnats of Egypt.

  44. From December to April, when the woods abound with the ripe alfaroba, is the chief season for drinking.

  45. The Abipones labour under many superstitions, because they abound in jugglers, the teachers of superstition.

  46. Should every thing else be wanting, the plains abound in rabbits, to afford a breakfast, dinner, or supper.

  47. No American colony will abound in Christian inhabitants, unless it also abound in sheep and oxen; the wool of the former being necessary to clothe, and the flesh of the latter to feed the bodies of the Indians.

  48. The Spanish colonies abound in bugs, but I never beheld one in the towns of the Indians.

  49. At this moment, I am doubtful whether to call the language of the Abipones a poor or a rich one: after I have told you what words they want, and what they abound in, you yourself shall decide on this point.

  50. From camels, sheep, and costly apparel, down to grain and dates, all the treasures of the desert abound in the tent which Allah has just visited with his blessing.

  51. What figure the stomack maintained in this Animal of one jaw of teeth, since in Porposes, which abound in both, the ventricle is trebly divided, and since in that formerly taken nothing was found but Weeds and a Loligo.

  52. Countries became depilous, and without any hair at all, whereas some sorts in excess abound therewith?

  53. The lower town is almost entirely surrounded by hills, which are highly cultivated, and abound with vineyards, and gardens producing most exquisite fruits.

  54. The pleasure-ground is laid out with great taste in orange groves; the gardens abound in fruit-trees, and the Consul has made a curious botanical collection.

  55. The numerous species abound in all warm seas; they are olive-gray in color and feed on small animals of the seabottoms.

  56. Sculpins, blennies, rockfish, and flounders abound of the rocky shores and are seen in all the markets.

  57. Many worms of this type abound in codfishes, bluefishes, striped bass, and other marine fishes, rendering them lean and unfit for food.

  58. All these types and others abound in the Devonian Age and the early records were lost in the Silurian.

  59. They abound in the depths of the ocean, but there are comparatively few of them in the tropics.

  60. As the course of the stream where the beds abound is divided into pools, separated by stony ripples or shallows, the nests must be made at the ends of the pools.

  61. One of the most notable of these is the family of viviparous surf-fishes (Embiotocidae), of which numerous species abound on the coasts of California and Japan, but which enter neither the waters of the frigid nor of the torrid zone.

  62. Trout abound in the vicinity of these warm springs, presumably on account of the abundance of food there.

  63. The Salpas abound in the warm seas, the chains often covering the water for miles.

  64. Fragments preserved in ruder fashion abound in the clays and even the sandstones of the earliest geologic ages.

  65. These small, harmless sharks abound on almost all coasts in warm regions, and are largely used as food by those who do not object to the harsh odor of shark's flesh.

  66. The cat-sharks, or roussettes, Scyliorhinus canicula and Catulus stellaris, abound in the Mediterranean.

  67. The southern area loses by degrees the trout and other northern fishes, while in its clear waters abound various minnows, gobies, and the famous ayu, or Japanese dwarf salmon, one of the most delicate of food fishes.


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    Other words:
    abound; crawl; deluge; flow; gush; overflow; pour; rain; seethe; shower; stream; swarm; teem