Example Sentences

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"After that it will start to die and open to give room to the sunlight to reach the ground again. Then the mosses and other wildflowers will be thriving under that."

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2022

“Today’s announcement shows that true bipartisanship is possible and maybe it will be thriving if we are going to get something done,” said Mr. Trump, who was joined by senators and police union officials.

From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2018

"In a few years' time Greece will be thriving," says Athina Pitta, founder of Glossopolis, a company that encourages tourism.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2015

Ten years from now, the churchmen believe. the sparse clusters of houses and lonely filling stations will be thriving communities.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the masters of commerce are liberal and enlightened, their servants will be thriving, and will have the virtues which wait upon self-respect: if the contrary, they will be debased.

From How to Observe Morals and Manners by Martineau, Harriet