thrive
verb (used without object)
to prosper; be fortunate or successful.
Example Sentences
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Never before had the art of poetry and criticism flourished so thrivingly and displayed a so generally high order as among the Arabs in the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth centuries.
From The Literature of Ecstasy by Mordell, Albert
So, for a week or more, Tom went on thrivingly enough, and became a general favourite in the town.
From Two Years Ago, Volume I by Kingsley, Charles
And in the present case I have laid the child at another man's door, and will never own him—if he doesn't grow up more thrivingly than I hope for.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Downey, Edmund
Our coalition goes on thrivingly; but at the expense of the old Court, who are all discontented, and are likely soon to show their resentment.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Cunningham, Peter
Ornamental trees—the broad-leafed horse-chestnut, the elm so lofty and bending, the graceful but infrequent willow, and others whereof I know not the names—grow thrivingly among brick and stone.
From Sights from a Steeple (From "Twice Told Tales") by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
