Usage examples for profound
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He cared for her no more and was at no pains to conceal the fact, which she on her part recognized with profound relief. – The Keeper of the Door by Ethel M. Dell
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However, I step'd upon Deck to see how Things went; there was a profound Silence every where, the Passengers were scatter'd here and there looking one at another, but not speaking a Word; the Master was walking with his Arms across without Fear, but not without Concern in his Countenance: I ask'd him how he came to be mistaken in the Tyde? – Memoirs of Major Alexander Ramkins (1718) by Daniel Defoe
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The hot silence was profound. – The Garden Of Allah by Robert Hichens