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How to use profusion in a sentence

16 example sentences · noun

Profusion means abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia. Example: “His hair, in great profusion, streamed down over his shoulders.”

Examples of profusion by meaning

nounAbundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia.

  • His hair, in great profusion, streamed down over his shoulders.
  • We set the men at work felling trees, selecting for the purpose jarrah, a hard, weather-resisting timber which grew in profusion near by.1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp....
  • Although houses and factories appeared in great profusion in the 1930s, there still remain odd groups of cottages dating from an earlier and more countrified period.1951 November, R. K. Kirkland, “The Wimbledon and West Croydon Line of the Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 721

More sentences with profusion

  • A jumblesome profusion of cuttings and grafts offers a more promising metaphor than does bonsai.2016, Dennis P. Affholter, Letter to the Editor. From the entry jumblesome
  • The small purple petunias are produced in profusion and without ceasing during the entire season.2003, Norman Winter, Tough-As-Nails Flowers for the South, page 39. From the entry petunia
  • He applied grease paint and burnt cork to his face in profusion.1903 June 7, “Blood Poisoned by ‘Make-up.’ […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry grease paint
  • These February fairmaids, closely linked with ancient church traditions, still grow naturally in profusion at many monastic sites.2012, Ruth Binney, The Gardener's Wise Words and Country Ways, →ISBN, page 170. From the entry fairmaid
  • I cooked for her as I had never cooked before: Spanish appetizers, Thai curries, and Italian tortas landed before her in dizzying, delectable profusion.2007, Marusya Bociurkiw, Comfort Food for Breakups: The Memoir of a Hungry Girl, Arsenal Pulp Press, →ISBN. From the entry torta
  • And today, with our bewilderingly various profusion of gurus and therapists: never before have we had so many self-proffering fielders of the question.2006, Andrew Nugent, The Slow-release Miracle: A Spirituality for a Lifetime, page 4. From the entry fielder
  • The profusion of ataurique throughout the palaces reminds us of their interdependence with the gardens that they frame or look out upon.2004, Robert Irwin, The Alhambra, Profile Books, published 2005, page 122. From the entry ataurique
  • The biennial profusion of campaign billboards and posters stipples the land that Lady Bird wants to beautify and Lyndon yearns to own.1966 October 14, “Charisma, Calluses and Cash”, in Time. From the entry stipple
  • The profusion of blood was great; although he penetrated the pleura, nothing came forth, except that which was extravenate, although great care was used.1953, Edgar Ashworth Underwood, Charles Joseph Singer, Science, Medicine, and History, volume 1, page 393. From the entry extravenate
  • Briefly, after extraction, teeth were cleaned with povidine, and odontosection was performed at the cemento-enamel level using a low rotation saw under profusion irrigation with saline solution.2015 February 13, Sonja E. Lobo et al., “Response of stem cells from different origins to biphasic calcium phosphate bioceramics”, in Cell…. From the entry odontosection
  • During the prevailing stylistic profusion and confusion, this architecture seems to have obtained an authority among both clients and critics through the apparent unarguability of technological logic.2009, Patrick Goode, Stanford Anderson, Colin St. John Wilson, The Oxford Companion to Architecture, page 616. From the entry unarguability
  • At the end of the twentieth century Nature is alive and well, permeating the experience of everyday life as a riotous profusion of heterotropic images, signs and discursive constructs.1998, Andrew Herod, Gearóid Ó Tuathail, Gerard Toal, An Unruly World?: Globalization, Governance, and Geography, →ISBN. From the entry heterotropic
  • From its pargetted walls, the ducal canopy over the great double bed, and the profusion of oriflammes, I judged it to be one reserved for persons of consequence.1960 June 25, S[idney] J[oseph] Perelman, “A Brush with the Quality”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN…. From the entry pargetted

Meaning of profusion

  1. noun Abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia.
  2. noun Lavish or imprudent expenditure; prodigality or extravagance.

Full definition of profusion

Questions about profusion in a sentence

How do you use profusion in a sentence?
Profusion is used as a noun. For example: “His hair, in great profusion, streamed down over his shoulders.”
What is a short sentence with profusion?
“His hair, in great profusion, streamed down over his shoulders.”
What does profusion mean?
Profusion means abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia.

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