bountifulness

Example Sentences

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As the son of Macon Dead the first, he paid homage to his own father’s life and death by loving what that father had loved: property, good solid property, the bountifulness of life.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

In his boyhood he had been famous for his bountifulness in scattering silver and gold.

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

The very sense of undeservedness invests the gift with a bountifulness and a glory which you would not forego.

From Sermons by Lightfoot, J. B.

There have been women within my experience who went down into the grave accompanied by special pastoral encomiums, and whose claims to lady- bountifulness, on closer inquiry, rested solely on a foundation of jelly.

From The Solitary Summer by Elizabeth

Three sisters of good repute: diligence, prudence, bountifulness.

From The Triads of Ireland by Meyer, Kuno