How to Use plentiful in a Sentence

plentiful

adjective
  • Gasoline won't always be cheap and plentiful.
  • Space is plentiful enough for several homes.
  • These vegetables are a plentiful source of vitamins.
  • Natural gas is a plentiful resource.
  • Bulls and cows are plentiful from north to south and east to west.
    Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The canyon views are plentiful on this three-mile round-trip hike.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Fans were plentiful, as were cameras to capture the action and the lead-up to the games.
    Stephen Saito, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The camera phones — and questions — were plentiful, as were the smiles.
    Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Rocks were plentiful in the area at the time, left behind by glaciers that had moved across the landscape.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Good news from the oil patch: Jobs are plentiful and salaries are soaring.
    Mari Novik, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The burgers, tacos, seafood, and steaks are plentiful here, along with sports bars and coffee shops.
    Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • By Taxi: Both yellow cabs and Ubers are plentiful around Athens.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The local elders still recall a time when the birdlife was so plentiful that the sky was dark with magpie geese.
    Bianca Nogrady, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Plus, the by-the-glass wine list and beer options are plentiful, with a number of local brews available.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Taxis are plentiful in the main town, but can be expensive.
    Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Basic white fixtures, such as tubs, toilets, and sinks, are plentiful at the low end of the price spectrum and are easy to live with.
    Sarah Egge, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Most of the species in this dark area far out in the Pacific where the nodules are most plentiful have yet to be discovered.
    Evan Halper, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
  • When rains are plentiful, these plants grow like mad, then easily dry out once the rain stops.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Coding jobs are plentiful across industries, and the pay is good—even after the tech layoffs of the past year.
    Kelli María Korducki, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Sun is plentiful with just a few clouds popping up in the afternoon.
    David Streit, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Uber, Lyft and cabs are also plentiful across much of Chicago.
    Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Forecast in detail Clouds are plentiful for the next two days but showers are not.
    David Streit, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The Combine doesn't measure heart and desire which is plentiful in the Pace brothers.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 19 June 2023
  • In the savanna predators are plentiful, water is scarce and food can be hard to find.
    Devin Farmiloe, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Think shrimp tacos, a Mahi Reuben, and a bloody Mary made with sake (plus plentiful organic options).
    Coastal Living, Southern Living, 15 June 2023
  • The place names that dot Texas’s parched plains hark back to a time more than a century ago when groundwater was plentiful.
    Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The seats are comfy, there’s room up front for the big and tall, and visibility is plentiful.
    Josh Max, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • And the species face much bigger threats from boat collisions and fishing gear, plus the way the warming ocean could make their food less plentiful.
    Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
  • When Zhang left his village in northeastern China a decade ago to work as a welder in a big city, jobs were plentiful.
    Li Yuan, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Alcohol is plentiful at the events, despite the fact that many of the people there are underage.
    Zoë Bernard, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2023

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