flourished

Example Sentences

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“We’ve had some great things, like bookstores and eateries that have flourished sometimes for a decade or two, but it faded out,” Kuntz said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

They were drawn with a technique that was common practice in the building lodges and flourished in German-speaking lands.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Nevertheless, the wormhole metaphor flourished in popular culture and speculative theoretical physics.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

But none of this can prove that life -- even tiny, microbial organisms -- once flourished on Mars.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Now, at the window, he flourished his stick with Shaw’s precise, calligraphic dips and circles.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides