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How to use flourish in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Flourish means to thrive or grow well. Example: “The barley flourished in the warm weather.”

Examples of flourish by meaning

verbTo thrive or grow well.

  • The barley flourished in the warm weather.
  • 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 1

verbTo prosper or fare well.

  • The town flourished with the coming of the railway.
  • The cooperation flourished as the customers rushed in the business.
  • Kobbie Mainoo, so often overlooked by Amorim, flourished alongside Casemiro in midfield as United controlled the game.2026 January 17, Simon Stone, Shamoon Hafez, “Manchester United 2-0 Manchester City”, in BBC

verbTo be in a period of greatest influence.

  • His writing flourished before the war.

verbTo make bold, sweeping movements with.

  • They flourished the banner as they stormed the palace.
  • The squirrel flourished its fluffy tail about as an alarm signal after its narrow escape from the cat.

nounA dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.

  • With many flourishes of the captured banner, they marched down the avenue.
  • Gabriel Jesus' solo goal - as a stunned United pushed for an equaliser - was a flourish that eased any late nerves.2023 September 3, Phil McNulty, “Declan Rice: The game-changing midfielder Arsenal need for title challenge”, in BBC Sport

nounAn ornamentation.

  • His signature ended with a flourish.

nounA ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.

  • The trumpets blew a flourish as they entered the church.

More sentences with flourish

  • With a theurgical flourish, he pulled a rabbit from the hat.From the entry theurgical
  • As years passed away my halseny prediction's dark shadow forecast over the flourished copper civilization.2018, Evolution of Man to Human, page 38. From the entry halseny
  • There was no flourish of trumpets and drums to send us off, no cheering crowds.2009, Craig M. Mullaney, The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education, →ISBN. From the entry send off
  • As I live and breathe, Thomas, you will not flourish unless you are part of our brotherhood.2009, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Summoner’s Prologue and Tale”, in Peter Ackroyd, transl., The Canterbury Tales: [...] A Retelling, London…. From the entry as I live and breathe
  • A flourish of trumpets and a shakerful of stardust to welcome Jeff Irving into the role.2009 July 28, Richard Ouzounian, “Robin Hood, stolen from Sherwood Forest”, in Toronto Star. From the entry shakerful
  • In his view, there never was a golden age when religion flourished to perfection.2008, Richard L. Bushman, Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction, →ISBN, page 5. From the entry primordium
  • It was the compulsory sacrifices of the peasants that allowed the Residenzstadt to flourish.2007, Tim Blanning, The Pursuit of Glory, Penguin, published 2008, page 112. From the entry Residenzstadt
  • Yet, through it all, one grocery retailer managed to survive—and flourish—by being different.2005, Len Lewis, The Trader Joe's adventure. From the entry megaretailer
  • Our Europe policy is simple: live and let live, flourish and let flourish.2004 April 22, Michael Ancram, “If the British people vote no, Europe will thank them”, in guardian.co.uk, retrieved 14 Jun 2008. From the entry live and let live
  • As with other exotic pets, sound husbandry is essential for captive sugar gliders to flourish.2003, Chris Pinney, The Complete Home Veterinary Guide, page 510. From the entry sugar glider
  • Grassroots environmental activism still flourishes here, as does grassroots antienvironmental activism.2000 March 31, Harold Henderson, “Where the Wild Things Are”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry antienvironmental
  • Tamarisk's long seed viability allows it to flourish under such conditions where willows and cottonwoods cannot.2000, James M. Aton, Robert S. McPherson, River Flowing from the Sunrise. From the entry superplant
  • With light penetrating to the lake bottom, beds of seaweed flourished where little had grown before.1995, Dan McCosh, “Aliens among us”, in Popular Science, page 94. From the entry seaweed
  • It was in Languedoc that a neognostic group, the Cathars, flourished.1994, Diogenes Allen, Eric O. Springsted, Spirit, nature, and community: issues in the thought of Simone Weil, page 204. From the entry neognostic
  • Athenian culture flourished in externalities, the open air of the agora and the nudity of the palestra.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae. From the entry palaestra
  • Soviet officials then complain to the ROC delegation that anti-Soviet activities flourish throughout Manchuria’s large cities.1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 71. From the entry Ying-k'ou
  • Romantic portraitors flourished in Greece at the turn of the century.1956, Athene, volume 16, page 70. From the entry portraitor
  • In its early days the Lindy flourished only in lower strata of society.1943 August 23, LIFE. From the entry lindy
  • It flourished in a world order that is decomposing. (LKY's all-too-prescient speech to Congress urged America to uphold free trade).2024 May 18, Janan Ganesh, “What can and can’t be learnt from Singapore”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times…. From the entry LKY
  • My queerness and my addiction to alcohol flourished in a tiny bar tucked in San Francisco’s Castro district.2023 June 26, Billy Lezra, “Opinion: Going sober taught me something about Pride”, in CNN. From the entry queerness
  • Danny Boyle's T2 Trainspotting is everything I could reasonably have hoped for—scary, funny, desperately sad, with many a bold visual flourish.2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review—choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in The Guardian. From the entry many a
  • The Internet has been called a “conspiracy connection,” a “congested web,” or “a cybertrap” where anarchy rules and “cyberbullies” flourish.2014, Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Suszn Schultz Huxman, Thomas A. Burkholder, The Rhetorical Act: Thinking, Speaking and Writing Critically. From the entry cybertrap
  • Quick buffo comedy requires the clarity of the straight play, while sustained romantic anguish flourishes in atmospheric backlights and crosslight.2013, Francis Reid, Stage Lighting Handbook, →ISBN, page 154. From the entry crosslight
  • For the sake of completeness, we shall also mention the empiristic approach, which flourished primarily in Great Britain.2012, Leen Streefland, Fractions in Realistic Mathematics Education, page 22. From the entry empiristic
  • It would be the flourish of a neck scarf maybe.2011, Kevin Barry, City of Bohane, Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, published 2012, Part 2, Chapter 20, pp. 143-144. From the entry winkle-picker
  • Spring bulbs and lush wisteria flourish early, followed by flowering peach and pear trees, azaleas, rhodos, peonies and roses.2009 August 22, Lorraine Hunter, Toronto Star. From the entry rhodo
  • Wren architecture and Queen Anne furniture style flourished in tandem during the reigns of George II and George III.2007, Karla J. Nielson, Interior textiles: fabrics, applications, & historical styles. From the entry wren
  • Currently there's enough habitat for both species, but that may change if trumpeters flourish and mutes aren't controlled.1998, Bob Devine, National Geographic Society (U.S.), Alien invasion: America's battle with non-native animals and plants. From the entry trumpeter

Meaning of flourish

  1. verb To thrive or grow well.
  2. verb To prosper or fare well.
  3. verb To be in a period of greatest influence.

Full definition of flourish

Questions about flourish in a sentence

How do you use flourish in a sentence?
Flourish is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The barley flourished in the warm weather.”
What is a short sentence with flourish?
“His signature ended with a flourish.”
What does flourish mean?
Flourish means to thrive or grow well.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flourish (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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