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profuse

[pruh-fyoos, proh‐] / prəˈfyus, proʊ‐ /


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Installed in the narrow, top-floor lightwell of the Wing Luke, “Back Home” features three decadent paintings, profuse with elements from folklore and mythology.

From Seattle Times

Bruner-Ringo told her mother that the newly admitted patient was showing signs of illness — profuse sweating, a “productive” cough and a fever close to 103 degrees, her mother told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times

“Have you ever heard of seizures characterized by profuse sweating?” he asked.

From New York Times

The vast, profuse expanses in these paintings represent the psychological as much as the interstellar.

From Washington Post

Indeed, the air of profuse activity helps conjure an island that, as Shakespeare made clear, seethes with spirits and mysterious music.

From Washington Post