Sentence examples for once numerous from inspiring English sources
The species, once numerous in Namibia, no longer breeds there.
They were once numerous in the river, earning the name "puffing pigs".
So he said, and Daheshists, once numerous in Lebanon, have believed it, pointing to his hundreds of purported miracles.
To the amazement of her once numerous detractors, she has persuaded them to back her resistance to takeovers.
THE rising interest in pitcher plants accompanies a long decline in their natural habitats, once numerous throughout the Southeast.
[11] Referring in this case to the once numerous "caste" of white British settlers born and raised in India.
Once-numerous black rhinoceroses are now rare, the victims of overhunting.
The once-numerous varieties of marsh waterfowl survive only in nature reserves.
Founded in 1575 and designated a town in 1661, Aguascalientes ("Hot Waters") was named for the area's once-numerous thermal baths, which were considered medicinal.
Of the site's once-numerous treasuries, the Athens treasury has been rebuilt with the original blocks; it displays a famous wall covered with inscriptions, including musically annotated hymns to Apollo.
Chicago has always been one of the country's great newspaper towns, but the once-numerous major metropolitan dailies have dwindled to only two: the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune.
