Example Sentences

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“I am not ceasing and desisting. I am thriving, thanks to people like you and thanks to Vermont and people from beyond.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 12, 2014

"I am not ceasing and desisting. I am thriving, thanks to people like you and thanks to Vermont and people from beyond."

From US News • Dec. 12, 2014

Yet I am revelling in it; I wear almost nothing, and that white; and even the suspicious Dr. Perrin cannot but admit that I am thriving; his references to pills are purely formal.

From Sylvia's Marriage by Sinclair, Upton

Thanks to you, General, I am thriving in a modest way.

From Sevenoaks by Holland, J. G. (Josiah Gilbert)