thrive
verb (used without object)
to prosper; be fortunate or successful.
had thriven
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past perfectof thrive.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The vegetables which had been planted on the former visit had thriven, and most of the potatoes had been dug up.
From Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries by William Henry Giles Kingston
But suddenly, as it seemed, he found that Jan was almost as big as himself; for the boy had thriven wondrously, though there were still several years which Jan could never make up.
From The Flower Princess The Flower Princess; The Little Friend; The Mermaid's Child; The Ten Blowers by Abbie Farwell Brown
Everything had thriven with Crasweller, and everything must belong to Eva as soon as he should have been led into the college.
From The Fixed Period by Anthony Trollope
During August the little garden had thriven and was at last in full bloom.
From On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland by H. L. (Harry Lincoln) Sayler
In these lists he gives a surprising number of English weeds which had thriven and rejoiced in their new home.
From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Alice Morse Earle
