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verb

abound

CEFR C1

be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities

In a sentence

Six example sentences with abound, each labelled with its topic.

  • Since the dam came down, salmon abound in the upper river where anglers once waited all day for one.

    Environment

  • Cheap hostels abound near the station, so nobody books ahead in August unless they want a private room.

    Travel

  • Victorian novels abound with minor cousins, and readers kept family trees in the margins to tell them apart.

    Literature

  • Pitch decks abound at the accelerator's demo day, and investors skim forty of them before lunch.

    Startups

  • Side quests abound in the open world, so the main story can wait a few evenings.

    Gaming

  • Bargains abound in a market crash, yet few investors have any cash left to buy them.

    Finance

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