[ US /pɹəfˈjuʒən/ ]
[ UK /pɹəfjˈuːʒən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the property of being extremely abundant
    the profusion of detail
    the idiomatic richness of English

How To Use profusion In A Sentence

  • As I pressed through the thick underwood, I startled a strange-looking apparition in one of the open spaces beside the gulf, where, as shown by the profusion of plants of _vaccinium_, the blaeberries had greatly abounded in their season. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland
  • (I can't wait to see the profusion of bittorent trackers, new "copyfight" / Free culture efforts, and newer, better p2p technologies that would result from that. P2pnet news
  • Round the body of the trees, planted some at their root, and some upon the different parts of the trunk, crept the withy, the snakeweed, the ivy, and the hop, and intermingled with them the jessamine and the honeysuckle, in the most unbounded profusion. Imogen A Pastoral Romance
  • Instead of taking joy in the profusion of spring blooms, Jane struggles to take a breath.
  • Whether clipped into shape or left natural, barberry is a formidable barrier thanks to its dense foliage and profusion of thorns.
  • These sources give us valuable insights into her autodidacticism in all its profusion and chaos, as well as her modernity. The Times Literary Supplement
  • The main crops my bees feed themselves on are sycamore, but there is quite a profusion of different flowers in the area, along with clover and heather.
  • A profusion of roses, old fashioned and modern, and herbaceous plants scent the air.
  • The profusion of words on the quilts counterpoints the simple linear sewing on the sheets.
  • Park Seed Co. sells a zinnia called Profusion Double White that is billed as heat-tolerant and resistant to powdery mildew. New to planting flowers? Start simple, like zinnias
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