Sentence examples for profusion of shops from inspiring English sources

Around the square were a profusion of shops selling olive wood rosaries and Nativity sets and at the center of the chaos sat the Church of the Nativity, the fourth-century Byzantine structure built on the site of the manger where Jesus was supposedly born.

But now, with the profusion of shopping choices on the Internet, department stores are struggling and many customers are craving more personal attention.

According to Thomas Wolfe, they had merry-go-rounds, and an insane profusion of sausage shops, and whole oxen turning on spits.

Considering the profusion of antique shops in Red Bank, it is surprising that the Two River Theater Company's production of "A Thousand Clowns" there does not feature a more convincing array of junk cluttering its oddball hero's messy apartment.

Part of the Borgo's appeal is that, notwithstanding its proximity to the Vatican and its profusion of souvenir shops, religious trinket vendors and tourist-trap restaurants, it is essentially an authentic Roman neighborhood.

(Who says print is nearing extinction?) They also get special attention at the formidable Swarovski Kristallwelten, a Tyrolean retort to Disney whose website promises a grass-covered giant continually vomiting water, towheaded families enjoying picnics and, naturally, a great profusion of gift shops.

Whereas only a few years ago life outside the biggest cities was unremittingly bleak, now it is rare to find a regional capital without a profusion of smart new shops and restaurants.

There are easily learned landmarks -- the Duomo; the Arno River; the Ponte Vecchio, with its profusion of gold jewelry shops; the Piazza della Signoria, with its copy of Michelangelo's "David"; the fortresslike Palazzo Pitti -- to keep you from getting lost.

And the recent profusion of large-scale shopping malls is the least of it.

This curious happenstance — where both fear that the profusion of glass towers and shopping malls now overwhelming the classic Istanbul skyline is not only ugly but unsustainable — underlies the convulsive uprising in Taksim Square.

1976: An article in The New York Times about the city's "sudden profusion of Korean fruit and vegetable shops" quotes a produce supplier: "When I first came into this business -- that was before the war -- to do business here you had to know some Jewish phrases.