PROFOUNDLY in a Sentence

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238 example sentences for PROFOUNDLY, such as:

1. Life is a profound book.
2. Old Mr. Oliver sighed profoundly.
3. The English army was profoundly shaken.
4. He had a profound influence on modern poets.
5. Her speech made a profound impact on everyone.

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 Meanings and Examples of PROFOUNDLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
profoundly
 ad.  deeply
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The arms of mothers are made of tenderness; in them children sleep profoundly.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER
2  Then he bowed profoundly, and directed his steps towards the door.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP
3  He understood this confusedly but profoundly at the very first words pronounced by Javert, when the latter entered his study.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL
4  The English army was profoundly shaken.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN
5  It was joy, splendor, riches, happiness, which appeared in a sort of chimerical halo to that unhappy little being so profoundly engulfed in gloomy and chilly misery.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IV—ENTRANCE ON THE SCENE OF A DOLL
6  That evening left Marius profoundly shaken, and with a melancholy shadow in his soul.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER VI—RES ANGUSTA
7  Mabeuf remained rather puerilely, but profoundly serene.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—M. MABEUF
8  Moreover, the Mondetour alley, and the branches of the Rue de la Petite Truanderie and the Rue du Cygne were profoundly calm.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER VI—THE AGONY OF DEATH AFTER THE AGONY OF LIFE
9  He issued his final orders in the tap-room in a curt, but profoundly tranquil tone; Feuilly listened and replied in the name of all.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVIII—THE VULTURE BECOME PREY
10  He was profoundly versed in hunting and falconry, and had one day when conversing on this great art astonished even Louis XIII himself, who took a pride in being considered a past master therein.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 27 THE WIFE OF ATHOS
11  The more profoundly she wounded his heart, the more certainly he would avenge her.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 56 CAPTIVITY: THE FIFTH DAY
12  The return to La Rochelle, therefore, was profoundly dull.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 67 CONCLUSION
13  The names of the participators in the deeds of blood and violence done under the name of religion were kept profoundly secret.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
14  Old Mr. Oliver sighed profoundly.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
15  Rachael had risen, and stood apart with her shawl and bonnet in her hand, when Stephen, himself profoundly astonished by this visit, put the candle on the table.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI
Example Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1  Walk groundly; talk profoundly; drink roundly; sleep soundly.
2  Naturally, we hope every citizen will vote, a simple obligation of democracy with results that profoundly affect our lives.
3  Memory can be profoundly shaped by subsequent experience.
4  Susan nodded sagely as if what I had said was profoundly significant.
5  Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting.
6  Tolstoy's experiences of war had a profound effect on his work.
7  I feel a profound antipathy to using any weapon.
8  Reading makes a full amn, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.
9  Life is a profound book.
10  Despite the decay the mosque somehow retained a profound grandeur.
11  My father's death had a profound effect on us all.
12  His mother's death when he was aged six had a very profound effect on him.
13  Her speech made a profound impact on everyone.
14  The mother's behaviour has a profound impact on the developing child.
15  He had a profound influence on modern poets.