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How to use prosper in a sentence

22 example sentences · verb

Prosper means to be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain. Example: “England prospered under Elizabeth I's reign.”

Examples of prosper by meaning

verbTo be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.

  • As she walked with him by the Sker water his words were like musick to her ears, and Alison within doors laughed to herself and saw her devices prosper.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

More sentences with prosper

  • England prospered under Elizabeth I's reign.From the entry reign
  • She can continue to take notes, plan, set goals, dream and prosper with this journal.2021 March 31, Terri Jordan Adams, She's Executive Officer: The She-E-o: Take Notes, Independently Published, →ISBN. From the entry she-E-O
  • Y'all supposed to respond back to me with; "Live long and prosper."2017, Nicholas H. Kovacs, She Wants to Dance with Me: A Script for a Theatrical Play, [Morrisville, N.C.]: [Lulu.com], →ISBN, scene vi…. From the entry Vulcan salute
  • The migrants also invested in property which helped the area to prosper.2017 September 12, Maggie Suen, “You're missing out if you haven't discovered the hidden gems and history of Tsuen Wan”, in South China…. From the entry Tsuen Wan
  • Like Trumpism, Hefnerian values have prospered in the blue-collar vacuum created by religion’s retreat, community’s unraveling.2016 August 14, Ross Douthat, “A Playboy for President”, in The New York Times. From the entry Hefnerian
  • So despite its remote location near the Mongolian border, Ordos prospered.2012, Steve Cortés, Against the Herd, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 14. From the entry ordos
  • Where compassion between men – not bumfoolery mind – but true compassion will prosper.2010, Rick Senley, Moustache Man and the Deadly Whiskers, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 298. From the entry bumfoolery
  • Former Southern officers prospered and tithed up to 50 percent for Civil War II, which never came.1976 June 20, Billings Gazette, C1. From the entry tithe
  • It would do: it would go forward and prosper and make him his money.1971, George Ewart Evans, quoting ploughman Charles Last (born 1878), Tools of Their Trades: An Oral History of Men at Work c. 1900…. From the entry do
  • Jane seems to think this a profitable bargain and, while noncommital about gains, intimates they are prospering.1939, Anne Winn Stevens, All Our Folks was Farmers. From the entry noncommital
  • The now sizable and prospering domain of nanoscale research (NSR) may be regarded as an unintended consequence of two research projects.2014, Anne Marcovich, Terry Shinn, “Mainstays of Nanoscale Research”, in Toward a New Dimension: Exploring the Nanoscale, Oxford, Oxon…. From the entry unintention
  • United Artists hasn't prospered in recent years, so a box office hit from its tentpole movie franchise is essential.1995 August 11, Steve Persall, “Critic's Notebook: Previews whet our cinematic appetites”, in St. Petersburg Times, page 6. From the entry tentpole movie
  • "Long Island's attractions will prosper because many people now won't travel to the Poconos or the Catskills," he said.1991 May 5, Stewart Ain, “Bottom Falls Out Of Summer Job Market”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry Poconos
  • Shiquan County being a major producer, the silk industry prospered during the Han dynasty, and gilding techniques were also developed.1991 [1987], Zongxu (鄒宗緒) Zou, “The Heart of a Powerful Empire”, in Susan Whitfield, transl., The Land Within the Passes: A History of…. From the entry Shiquan
  • Even after the near monopoly of Radhanite trade had come to an end, Jewish merchants continued to indulge and prosper in local and international commerce.2009, Madeleine Pelner Cosman, Linda Gale Jones, Handbook to Life in the Medieval World, 3-Volume Set, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 252. From the entry Radhanite
  • Most powers would be diffused among under-financed and ill-equipped 'ethnic' governments, with only the whites able to profit and prosper, much as they always have.1987, Namibia: A Direct United Nations Responsibility. From the entry flummoxery
  • But church officials insist the disclosure will leave no long-term scars, and they predict the controversial organization will continue to gain members and to prosper.1985 November 17, Miami Herald staff, “Scientology battered but not bowed in row over secret papers”, in Miami Herald, page 12A. From the entry Xemu
  • The Rothschilds, in all the countries in which they settled, prospered and proved adaptable and good citizens of the countries of their adoption.1966, Randolph S[pencer] Churchill, Winston S. Churchill, volumes I (Youth, 1874–1900), Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company…. From the entry Rothschildren
  • I have every confidence that in this new Carolean era, the United Kingdom will continue to prosper amid lasting peace and stability under Your Majesty’s leadership.2023 May 6, Halimah Yacob, “Letter from President Halimah Yacob to His Majesty King Charles III”, in Congratulatory Messages from…. From the entry Carolean
  • Gong Xi Fa Cai my friend — prosper well in the New Year!” Zhang signaled to his security guard, who ran over to escort Qing out.2016, Scott S. Elliott, “Loki.net – Virgil 3.0”, in Virgil – Released: The Saga of a Distributed Mind, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 193. From the entry safe travels
  • Sliding through the world: that is how, in a bygone age, they used to designate lives like his: looking after his interests, quietly prospering, attracting no attention.2005, J. M. Coetzee, “Three”, in Slow Man, New York: Viking, →ISBN, page 19. From the entry look after

Meaning of prosper

  1. verb To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.
  2. verb To grow; to increase.
  3. verb To favor; to render successful.

Full definition of prosper

Questions about prosper in a sentence

How do you use prosper in a sentence?
Prosper is used as a verb. For example: “England prospered under Elizabeth I's reign.”
What is a short sentence with prosper?
“England prospered under Elizabeth I's reign.”
What does prosper mean?
Prosper means to be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.

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