thrive
verb (used without object)
to prosper; be fortunate or successful.
has thriven
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present perfectof thrive (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Alike in the occupations of war and in those of peace, superior capacity has thriven upon victories in which small heed has been paid to the wishes or the welfare of the vanquished.
From Through Nature to God by John Fiske
But it is by such as you—and succeeding generations of millions of such—that the great Tree of Empire has thriven, thrives, and still keeps in abundant foliage!
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller
America has thriven and grown strong upon the misfortunes of Europe.
From Select Speeches of Kossuth by Francis William Newman
If history teaches anything with an emphasis at once clear and unmistakable, it is that crime has never yet been abridged by brutal harshness, but has thriven on it.
From The Empire of Love by William J. Dawson
Phineas, the tan-yard has thriven ill of late, and I thought the mill would make up for it.
From John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
