All 23 Uses of
flourish
in
War and Peace
- He signed with a flourish and suddenly turning to his son began to laugh.†
Chpt 1
- A drummer, their leader, turned round facing the singers, and flourishing his arm, began a long-drawn-out soldiers' song, commencing with the words: "Morning dawned, the sun was rising," and concluding: "On then, brothers, on to glory, led by Father Kamenski."†
Chpt 2
- !" chimed in twenty voices, and the castanet player, in spite of the burden of his equipment, rushed out to the front and, walking backwards before the company, jerked his shoulders and flourished his castanets as if threatening someone.†
Chpt 2
- I'll hack you with my saber!" he shouted, actually drawing his saber from its scabbard and flourishing it.†
Chpt 2
- The imposing figure of Nesvitski followed by his Cossack, and the determination of Denisov who flourished his sword and shouted frantically, had such an effect that they managed to squeeze through to the farther side of the bridge and stopped the infantry.†
Chpt 2
- The officer flourished his arm and hastily rode away.†
Chpt 2 *
- Nesvitski, moving his moist lips as he chewed something, and flourishing his arm, called him to enter.†
Chpt 2
- Two soldiers held him while two others were flourishing their switches and striking him regularly on his bare back.†
Chpt 2
- Despite his desperate shouts that used to seem so terrible to the soldiers, despite his furious purple countenance distorted out of all likeness to his former self, and the flourishing of his saber, the soldiers all continued to run, talking, firing into the air, and disobeying orders.†
Chpt 2
- This Guardsman would certainly have bowled Rostov and his Bedouin over (Rostov felt himself quite tiny and weak compared to these gigantic men and horses) had it not occurred to Rostov to flourish his whip before the eyes of the Guardsman's horse.†
Chpt 3
- The heavy black horse, sixteen hands high, shied, throwing back its ears; but the pockmarked Guardsman drove his huge spurs in violently, and the horse, flourishing its tail and extending its neck, galloped on yet faster.†
Chpt 3
- "Gee up, my darlings!" shouted Nicholas, pulling the reins to one side and flourishing the whip.†
Chpt 7
- Flourishing his arms in despair the count left the room without replying.†
Chpt 11
- Smiling unnaturally and muttering to himself, he first sat down on the sofa in an attitude of despair, then rose, went to the door of the reception room and peeped through the crack, returned flourishing his arms, and took up a book.†
Chpt 11
- And flourishing his arm energetically he turned sideways to the officer.†
Chpt 11
- Evidently possessed by some idea, he stood over those who were singing, and solemnly and jerkily flourished above their heads his white arm with the sleeve turned up to the elbow, trying unnaturally to spread out his dirty fingers.†
Chpt 11
- The sleeve of his coat kept slipping down and he always carefully rolled it up again with his left hand, as if it were most important that the sinewy white arm he was flourishing should be bare.†
Chpt 11
- The tall lad was standing in front, flourishing his arm and saying something with a stern look.†
Chpt 11
- They want a victim," he thought as he looked at the tall lad flourishing his arm.†
Chpt 11
- Petya clenched his teeth and looked around, throwing back his head and flourishing his arms.†
Chpt 14
- Petya shook himself, jumped up, took a ruble from his pocket and gave it to Likhachev; then he flourished the saber, tested it, and sheathed it.†
Chpt 14
- And flourishing his whip he rode off at a gallop for the first time during the whole campaign, and left the broken ranks of the soldiers laughing joyfully and shouting "Hurrah!"†
Chpt 15
- Sedyablyaka!" repeated the soldier, flourishing his arm and really catching the tune.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(flourish as in: the business is flourishing) to thrive (grow or develop well)