thriven
- past participle of thrive.
Example Sentences
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In England, gorillas have recently lived and thriven amazingly because the keepers now put plate glass between them and the staring crowds.
From Time Magazine Archive
I noticed the familiar names that have been transplanted and thriven everywhere.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams
I intend to take the purchaser’s first, having long thought the credit system highly demoralising to many who might have thriven and prospered bravely had not its insinuating temptations been thrown in their way.
From A Word to Women by Humphry, Mrs. C. E.
The smile of a man, contented with himself and with the world, was on his lips; and his belly had thriven well, like the household of an industrious man.
From Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von
Honour and loyalty would have thriven without the chivalrous poets, as they had thriven before them in every nation on earth.
From Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 by Ker, W. P. (William Paton)
