CORNUCOPIA in a Sentence

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She looked, as she crossed the lawn to the strains of the gramophone, goddess-like, buoyant, abundant, her cornucopia running over.

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 Meanings and Examples of CORNUCOPIA
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cornucopia
 n.  goat's horn overflowing with fruit and grain; symbol of abundance
Classic Sentence:
1  She looked, as she crossed the lawn to the strains of the gramophone, goddess-like, buoyant, abundant, her cornucopia running over.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
2  It was a tawdry affair, all Cupids and cornucopias, like a third-rate wedding-cake.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
Example Sentence:
1  The encyclopedia salesman claimed the new edition was a veritable cornucopia of information, an inexhaustible source of knowledge for the entire family.