How to Use teem with in a Sentence

teem with

phrasal verb

• Still, say my sources at the DEA, Snapchat teemed with dealers, large and small.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
• And the city’s 3,000 parks and green spaces are teeming with life.
  — Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 18 Nov. 2023
• The streets around La Plaza México still teemed with life.
  — James Wagner Luis Antonio Rojas, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
• The lagoon in early spring teems with life and movement.
  — Maddalena Fossati, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2024
• The rice is teeming with the complex sourness of the pork and the lemongrass, and with the distinct pungent funk of fish sauce.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• The image in one teems with red ants; in the other, cockroaches swarm.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• One day in the spring of 1935, the boy came to the stables of the Maharajah of Mysore, a place teeming with elephants, begging for food.
  — Hazlitt, 29 Nov. 2023
• While much of the city was teeming with tourists, my quartier petered out to a quiet lull.
  — Caitlin Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2023
• Just a week before, Ibarra said, many of those same corals had been teeming with life.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 31 July 2023
• On the nose, the expression is fresh and teems with wet green grass on an apple orchard, vanilla bean, and a touch of anise.
  — Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• The small brick plaza in front of the Pella, Iowa, public library was teeming with people.
  — Diana Goetsch, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
• The nearby creek teems with catch-and-release perch and a white catfish that nobody’s ever hooked.
  — Carolanne Griffith Roberts, Southern Living, 22 May 2024
• Imagining a coral reef might bring to mind scenes teeming with fish, crustaceans and sea anemones.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
• That doesn’t mean the PGA Tour isn’t still teeming with notable talent – just maybe not every week?
  — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 26 Jan. 2024
• Both have waters teeming with fish and turtles that seem to glow turquoise from within.
  — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024
• Along the coast of Saudi Arabia, the Red Sea retreats from the rocky and sandy beaches with the tide, revealing small pools teeming with life.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
• The lakefront was teeming with runners, cyclists and couples strolling hand in hand.
  — Julie Bosman, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• If buffets aren’t your thing, the Strip is also teeming with fast-food joints and quick-service restaurants.
  — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2024
• The district's public streets will remain open to tourists, so the area and the rest of Kyoto will still be teeming with visitors, both from Japan and around the world.
  — Yuri Kageyama, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2024
• Shipping tends to be a lot more difficult and expensive when the seas are teeming with mines.
  — John Gustavsson, National Review, 10 Sep. 2023
• All night long, the streets teemed with desperate, fleeing people, their faces mottled with soot and sweat or scorched by flame.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
• Or even travel to one of the natural wonders of the world, which are teeming with stunning souvenir shops.
  — Colin Nissan, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• Print Brazil’s coastal waters teem with a rich array of species that paint a living tapestry beneath the waves.
  — Osmar J. Luiz, The Conversation, 1 June 2023
• Reefs here teem with turtles, horizons muddy with spinning dolphins and schools of fish swirl in the water.
  — Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2023
• The little bandbox of a stadium was teeming with fans screaming their lungs out for him.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• Ten million years ago, the area was underwater and teeming with sharks.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 12 June 2023
• The stark white sand and crystal-clear emerald waters coupled with forests, rivers, and bays teeming with wildlife convinced me to make my home here.
  — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2024
• Flanked by three miles of coral reefs teeming with sea life, snorkelers will have lots to explore at Nayara Bocas del Toro.
  — Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2023
• Soon enough, the jetty was teeming with locals dressed in purple, his favorite color, tossing flowers in the water and crying.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2024
• If the gala’s committee is any indication, the event will be teeming with A-listers, society folk, and dignitaries.
  — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 25 July 2024

Last Updated: 1 Sep 2024