abound in/with something

Examples of abounded

abounded

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

At a time when fanciful prophecies about changing human nature abounded, those were understood to be obvious matters for analysis.
Graphical illustrations abounded in this paper, altogether more than 30 graphs and tables in a total of 32 pages.
Such accounts abounded in the comfort that if villainy were so transparent, then capture could hardly fail to be imminent.
It is easy to see how confusion has abounded in related discussions of "continuity" in this literature.
Classifications of the natural world abounded and distinctions between humans, animals, and plants were reinvented.
On this topic, also, rumour and anxiety abounded, although there were never any formal, public proposals for such a coronation.
Occasions for literary and social spectacle abounded, though always defined by norms and representational codes.
Good papers abounded, the thematic organization of the panels was often intriguing and there was rewarding discussion both within and outside the sessions.
This is a lucid appraisal of an enormously powerful polity that abounded with grey areas and contradictions.
Arguments about the wisdom of this commitment have abounded,73 but of its strength there can be little doubt.
As a result, anxieties have abounded both about the worth and autonomy of practitioners and about the value of their products.
Also, irregular procedures abounded, as well as denunciations of corruption.
Modern nature abounded in bitter revelations about the illusions of ethics and social reform, for nature was ruthlessly amoral.
Rumors about ' already dead military men ' abounded in the 1940s, and contributed to many young wives straying.
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