[ US /pɹəfˈjus/ ]
[ UK /pɹəfjˈuːz/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. produced or growing in extreme abundance
    their riotous blooming
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How To Use profuse In A Sentence

  • Among profuse schools of trevallies and barracuda, huge tunas and a host of sharks cruise the sheer wall.
  • A deep cut on her wrist was bleeding profusely.
  • A quick query brought profuse apologies - her order had been mislaid.
  • The volumes are profusely illustrated and contain the most entertaining sketches in Mr. Stockton's _most entertaining_ manner. Sara Crewe or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's
  • Jill offered her profuse thanks, and allowed Alex to show her around his place, but not without casting a look at me over her shoulder.
  • Such profuse adulation of the rich exists side-by-side with occasional media trashing of individuals as overly piggish or personally flawed.
  • The false cenotaph in the public upper chamber was in white marble, the color of freshly drawn milk, inlaid profusely with stylized flowers in tiers—a lapis lazuli blue, a jasper red, a bloodstone black, an agate and sard brown, a carnelian orange, a chlorite and jade green, and a yellow limestone. Shadow Princess
  • As the blood supply for the scalp is so good, any knock received tends to bleed profusely resulting in blood everywhere and bruising as a result.
  • I was mortified and apologised profusely to Button's adviser.
  • My nose had started running again, so I was armed with several handkerchiefs and blowing my nose profusely as we entered the dining room.
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