profligately

Example Sentences

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This process churns out neutrinos so profligately that “people were always intrigued with the possibility of using muons as a neutrino source,” says André de Gouvêa, a neutrino theorist at Northwestern University.

From Scientific American • Aug. 28, 2023

The passionate and profligately gifted Irish maximalist Colum McCann, whose novel “Let the Great World Spin” won the 2009 National Book Award, likes to use nouns as verbs.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2020

Wilson probably had more time than he realised and profligately placed a left-footed shot from 12 yards well wide of the far upright.

From The Guardian • Mar. 24, 2019

Too often, we precisely monitor the former and profligately praise the latter.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 4, 2016

Though death-still, it has a voice which calls ceaselessly to those human hearts tuned to its messages: hostile and harsh, it draws and urges; repellent, it profligately awards health and wealth; inviting, it kills.

From The Desert Valley by Gregory, Jackson