flourished

VERB

grow, prosper

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bloom blossom boom develop do well expand multiply succeed thrive

STRONG

amplify arrive augment batten burgeon flower go increase score wax

WEAK

be on top of heap bear fruit come along get ahead get on go great guns hit it big live high on hog make out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decrease fail lessen lose shrink shrivel wither

WEAK

cease hinder languish stunt

VERB

wave about

Synonyms

STRONG

brandish display flaunt flutter shake sweep swing swish twirl vaunt wag wield

Antonyms

STRONG

conceal hide

WEAK

cease fail hinder languish stunt

Example Sentences

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Flourished on a light training regime and played seven seasons for Villa, winning the League Cup twice, and in two World Cups for the Republic of Ireland.

From The Guardian • Oct. 18, 2010

Flourished the trumpets, entered Heart, A youth in crimson and gold; Flourished again; Brain stood apart, Steel-armoured, dark and cold.

From Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library by Burt, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth)

Flourished again: Brain stood apart, Steel-armored, dark and cold.

From The Poems of Sidney Lanier by Lanier, Sidney

And men say this dream came true, For he walking in the dew Turned aside while yet was red On the highest mountain head, Looking how the wheat he set Flourished.

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean

Birch-woods crowned the summits, but over the down-sloping hill-sides Flourished the golden corn, and man-high was waving the rye-field.”

From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)