were thriving
- past progressive of thrive.
Example Sentences
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Rock music magazines like Spin, NME, Alternative Press and Kerrang! were thriving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
The children were thriving, learning American Sign Language and unbothered by their deafness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Visiting the school on Wednesday, the Health Minister Mike Nesbitt said he was very impressed and he had been struck by the parents telling him how their children were thriving.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
This suggests that fungi were thriving on Earth hundreds of millions of years before plants began to grow.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2025
If Monte Verde is correct, as most believe, people were thriving from Alaska to Chile while much of northern Europe was still empty of mankind and its works.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
