How to Use profound in a Sentence

profound

adjective
  • His paintings have had a profound effect on her own work.
  • Her books offer profound insights into the true nature of courage.
  • His knowledge of history is profound.
  • That was profound for all of us.
    — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
  • What this tells us is profound.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Thanks for paving the way in a profound way.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 May 2026
  • This year brought deep lessons and profound growth.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
  • This year brought deep lessons and profound growth.
    — Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
  • There were even more profound changes away from the pitch.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 25 May 2026
  • But the more profound change may need to come in our own lives.
    — David Scharfenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2018
  • This is a time of profound change that is brought on by deep thought.
    — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
  • For Africa, this shift is profound.
    — Francisca Mutapi, semafor.com, 18 May 2026
  • His passing is a profound loss to us all.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
  • His passing is a profound loss to us all.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The results of this shift can be profound.
    — Jordan Glazier, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • The third and most profound pillar deals with time.
    — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • This is the profound moral challenge of our time.
    — Brad Braxton, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Any one of these would be enough to challenge us in profound ways.
    — Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 20 Jan. 2021
  • The impact of this would be profound.
    — Dan Riskin, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The fact that this shows up in the data at all is a profound irony.
    — Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
  • The next fifty years will bring equally profound changes.
    — Kris Putnam-Walkerly, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • There is something profound about it that stays with you, for a long time.
    — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 25 May 2018
  • The idea is simple yet profound.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
  • That is such a profound statement.
    — Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
  • That would be a profound mistake.
    — Jamie Merisotis, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • That first seizure had a profound impact on Chase.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Some profound layers here in a big bet on one player.
    — The Athletic College Basketball Staff, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The winds of change are having a profound effect on us.
    — Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 21 Oct. 2025
  • News like that tends to have a profound impact on the other kids.
    — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Like, were at one with the ocean in a really profound way.
    — Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2025

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