Flourished

Examples

• He was undeniably a prosperous man, bore his drinking better than others bore their moderation, and, on the whole, flourished like the green bay-tree. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He flourished back and got his cup and set it down triumphantly, and said: Just try that mixture once, Captain Duncan. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Those fisheries, upon this account, have had all the encouragement which freedom can give them, and they have flourished accordingly. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Imported horses were introduced at Buenos Ayres in 1537, and so flourished in the wild state that in 1580 they were found as far south as the Strai t of Magellan. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• She told me that these people had presumably flourished over a hundred thousand years before. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• There flourished the first temples and the first priest-rulers that we know of among mankind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• For some time Buddhism flourished in India. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The reputation of Rome has flourished through the prosperity of her heirs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Towns and cities flourished, the countryside was well cultivated, trade went on. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Fledgeby's childhood had been, in consequence, a stormy one; but the winds and the waves had gone down in the grave, and Fledgeby flourished alone. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The schools, both Sunday and day schools, flourished under his sway like green bay trees. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The trumpets then again flourished, and a herald, stepping forward, proclaimed aloud,--Oyez, oyez, oyez. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Miss Hannah, who was conceited, dashing, pushing, flourished hers consciously and openly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Jo nodded and laughed, and flourished her broom as she called out. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The business flourished. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A beautiful literature was produced; the plastic arts flourished, and the foundations of modern science were laid. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A great many centuries since, there flourished, in great state, the famous and renowned Lud Hudibras, king of Britain. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• A frowsy, bearded brigand sprang into the road with a shout, and flourished a musket in the light of the moon! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• We trace our lineage, unbroken, direct to the Tree of Life which flourished in the centre of the Valley Dor twenty-three million years ago. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The bards and rhapsodists flourished for long after the introduction of writing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As the doctor walked, he now and then slightly flourished his cane, and inclined his shovel-hat with a dogmatical wag towards his aide-de-camp. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The correspondence flourished famously, and letters flew to and fro with unfailing regularity all through the early spring. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• In the end this injustice became intolerable, but for a while the French monarchy flourished like the Psalmist's green bay tree. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• All sorts of pleasant things happened about that time, for the new friendship flourished like grass in spring. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

Editor: Wendell