profuse

• “Peter Kemp further complains of the "pitiless prolixity" with which Aue tells his story and doubts "Aue's prodigious capacity to recall in profuse, minute detail all that was done and said ....”

  Point of View in Fiction

• “32 The greater part of the nobles, who dissipated their fortunes in profuse luxury, found themselves poor in the midst of wealth, and idle in a constant round of dissipation.”

  The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

• “Fruits and flowers, interwoven in heavy garlands and overflowing from baskets and urns, carry out the idea of profuse abundance.”

  The Jewel City

• “But if there is a marked increase over the amount usual for the individual, if great weakness and prostration is produced, either at the time or afterward, it may be called profuse, and the cause may be either debility, that is weakness, or plethora, which means fullness.”

  What a Young Woman Ought to Know

• “How thoroughly am I converted to the love of Jean Paul, and wonder at the indolence or shallowness which could resist so long, and call his profuse riches want of system!”

  Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli

• “Here they may produce an inflammation of the lining of the womb, causing severe pain and other symptoms, such as profuse discharge.”

  Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves

• “Anomalies of menstruation, such as profuse and irregularly recurring hemorrhages, can be readily explained, as they have no connection with menstruation at all, in fact, often occurring during amenorrhoea, and are due to other diseases (tumors, ulcers, displacements, etc.).”

  Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life.

• “Mr. Ingram had suffered for many years from the most distressing symptoms, such as profuse offensive discharge from nose, stopping up of nose, sneezing, weak eyes and frequent headache.”

  The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand

• “Breathing During a Panic Attack In the throes of a panic attack, sufferers experience symptoms like heart racing, profuse sweating and feelings of suffocation.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Help for Hyperventilating

• “Earlier in the week, Bill Hileman said his wife was screaming out, "Christina, Christina, let's get out of here!" in a morphine-induced haze and talking about "the holding of hands and then the realization that she's on the ground and the bleeding was profuse.”

  USA Today: Arizona shooting survivors may face emotional trauma

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