| The birds, with their various song, gave an air of populousness and animation to the grove. |
| Marco Polo, who visited China in the 13th century, describes its cultivation, industry, and populousness almost in the same terms as travelers would in the 18th century. |
| By degrees the populousness of this encampment began to produce its inconveniences. |
| One was concerned with the relative populousness of the ancient and modern worlds and the other seven were contributions to what is now called economics. |
