had flourished
- past perfect of flourish.
Example Sentences
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“The noble art of ballyhoo, which had flourished so successfully in the nineteen-twenties, had lost something of its vigor,” he mourns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
She had stayed in touch with school friends from Sweden where she had flourished, winning prizes for ice-skating.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025
Sea otters had flourished in estuaries like Elkhorn Slough until fur traders hunted the local otter population nearly to extinction.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2024
According to Jourova's spokesperson, X's Pickles said violent content had flourished online after the Hamas attack, not only on X.
From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2023
On his refusal to do this had his life depended, and John’s secret heart had flourished in its wickedness until the day his sin first overtook him.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
