How to Use plenitude in a Sentence

plenitude

noun
  • She has gathered a plenitude of information on the topic.
  • And in the amorphous plenitude beyond the deal lies the free.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
  • No drums like them, with such a plenitude of notes, were then in existence.
    Richard Preston, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021
  • In that age of plenitude and expansiveness, the steak house was born.
    Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 20 Feb. 2020
  • The clients often have a plenitude of bedrooms or bunks and boast of their large families.
    Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2020
  • And Marius was born at a time of giraffe plenitude in Europe.
    Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2017
  • In easier parts of the world, such plenitude would bring with it an equal concentration of tourists.
    Sophy Roberts, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Thus with a trans-temporal jump do the pathologies of one time destroy the plenitude of another.
    Jack Butler, National Review, 5 Dec. 2020
  • As full as some of us are from both, the chef’s additions to the plenitude are appreciated.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2019
  • His prose is a pageant of wonder, expressing plenitude, not poverty.
    Danny Heitman, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2018
  • The sheer plenitude of options can often feel overwhelming to consumers.
    Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2020
  • There, safari was through open grasslands that delivered a plenitude of clear sightings.
    Lini S. Kadaba, Philly.com, 6 Oct. 2017
  • The sheer plenitude of research material is what makes the place so special to someone like her , but also overwhelming.
    Matthew Segal, Los Angeles Magazine, 26 June 2017
  • As author of the historical era in which Spain acquires the means to carry out its destiny and with that the goals of the Movement, the Jefe, in the plenitude of his powers, assumes the most absolute authority.
    Jesús Palacios, Slate Magazine, 9 Feb. 2017
  • Metaphorically speaking, books are always taking us to the big city, opening our eyes to the world’s plenitude and diversity.
    Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2022
  • To walk around this botanical marvel, watching the mangoes change in shape and size on the branches every few yards, was to experience creation in all its mystery and plenitude.
    Chandrahas Choudhury, WSJ, 6 July 2018
  • The plenitude of government workers assured a customer base.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Nguyen plans to continue contributing to that plenitude.
    Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2020
  • The filmy white garb, the glistening avocado, the melting calla lilies — all arrayed in Edenic plenitude — add up to an alluring, sensory glamour.
    Molly Young, New York Times, 25 May 2017
  • Mid-pandemic, heads are rolling—scrolling—at unprecedented rates through the virtual plenitude, a kind of pre-death bardo state of perfect mind-body disconnection.
    Jason Kehe, Wired, 16 Oct. 2020
  • If not, a bargain can be struck between giver and gifted, allowing anxieties about unearned plenitude to be assuaged.
    Matthew Sweet, The Economist, 4 Dec. 2020
  • In the museums in Athens the fruits of this quest were preserved in countless cavernous galleries, the faces and forms of antiquity that in their extraordinary plenitude constituted a statement about the desire of man to make his mark.
    New York Times, 19 Apr. 2022
  • In this era of plenitude and choice and disruptive technology, what is permissible, what is forbidden and what is flouting the letter of religious law?
    Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
  • At times this plenitude threatens to make Wagnerism read like an encyclopedia.
    Adam Kirsch, The New Republic, 11 Sep. 2020
  • There’s obviously a very religious origin to the principle of plenitude.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 1 May 2018
  • In addition to the seriousness and plenitude of the allegations against Mr. Weinstein, the board concentrated on workplace abuse.
    Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2017
  • This philosophy later inspired the Völkisch movement, a youthful revolt against capitalist modernity that preached a return to the land, and to the wholeness, purity, and plenitude of rural peasant life.
    Sam Adler-Bell, The New Republic, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Listeners sent funds to Gauthier after being told by the host that there was a plenitude of real estate investment opportunities.
    Aaliyah Gibson, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2019
  • And that’s not even taking into consideration the plenitude of Thailand, a country of 70 million people who can enjoy multiple types of eggplant and innumerable varieties of shrimp paste.
    New York Times, 2 Jan. 2021
  • Baranski, too, experienced a plenitude of milestone moments while playing her signature role.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2022

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