flourish
Example Sentences
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Though it was descended from funk and disco and flourished as an underground style in 1980s Detroit and Chicago, rave culture had to be reintroduced to America as an import from Britain.
The seventh in an occasional series of profiles on Southern California athletes who have flourished in their post-playing careers.
From Los Angeles Times
History was on the line for both superstars in a highly anticipated final which ensured a rather underwhelming Australian Open ended with a flourish.
From BBC
As the game flourished, Beijing shifted its tone, calling it an artful representation of Chinese culture, which helped revive investor interest and drive up share prices for videogame companies in China.
Since the late 1970s, a number of biographies of Mansfield have sought to dismantle the sanitized version of her life promoted by Murry, and a scholarly industry devoted to restoring her unadulterated voice has flourished.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
