teem
Example Sentences
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The 18th century teemed with picaresque tales of comic misadventure.
It was a time in London teeming with humans.
An ocean teeming with sea life, from tiny coral polyps to massive whales to birds skimming the surface of the waves.
From Literature
It was uninhabited by humans but teeming with wildlife— iron-beaked gaganas flew overhead, glinting in the sun, and as the boat drew in, a cluster of small wildcats with luminescent fur went sprinting away.
From Literature
Like his films, Mr. Sayles’s novels are divided among a teeming cast of variegated characters.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
