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That is, the pre-GAP square where bookstores pullulated and I could afford to see the premiere of some new play, such as a Philip Glass opera, The Fall of the House of Usher.

Tale of a Venezuelan in Boston 2005

That is, the pre-GAP square where bookstores pullulated and I could afford to see the premiere of some new play, such as a Philip Glass opera, The Fall of the House of Usher.

03/13/2005 - 03/20/2005 2005

But no! With frantic passion Nietzsche charged: "The Reformation, a duplication {731} of the medieval spirit at a time when this spirit no longer had a good conscience, pullulated sects, and superstitions like the witchcraft craze."

The Age of the Reformation Preserved Smith 1910

Squalid babies, with wan, pathetic faces, pullulated on the doorsteps; they showed from behind dingy windows at the breasts of haggard women.

Without Prejudice Israel Zangwill 1895

It urges the necessity for linking up with vital forces, but forgets that the real vital force of the German people has hitherto only pullulated under its skull.

Selected Essays Karl Marx 1850

And when we read the tabloid stories of the inevitable monsters from our group who drowned in drink and pullulated in porn, our respect for ourselves, a basic element of human dignity, would be under siege.

On Line Opinion - Latest Articles 2010

It's heartbreaking sometimes to read the accounts of the early explorers and realize how the eastern forest once teemed and pullulated with wildlife in a way we can scarcely imagine now.

Hoarded Ordinaries 2009

- be full of; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots" swarm - move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"

Word of the Day 2008

- a swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of grasshoppers" swarm - be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"

Word of the Day 2008