flourish
verb (used without object)
to be in a vigorous state; thrive.
was flourishing
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past progressiveof flourish.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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For his 25th reunion, he wrote in a class update that he had nearly died of kidney failure but that his company was flourishing, making more than 30% a year before fees and expenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
In Jemima’s first year of high school in New Zealand, her social life was flourishing.
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
A time period mostly explored in “Star Wars” novels and comics, it’s an era of relative peace and prosperity for the Galactic Republic when the Jedi Order was flourishing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
Mitchell was flourishing when he went down in mid-December.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
By the seventh century, the West had withered with the fall of Rome, but the East was flourishing.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
