All 3 Uses of
flourish
in
The Fountainhead
- Guy Francon ended with a flourish, raising his right arm in a sweeping salute; informal, but with an air, that gay, swaggering air which Guy Francon could always permit himself.†
Chpt 1.2
- Keating smiled at him gratefully, when he was leaving, his drawings under his arm; he descended the stairs, hurt and angry; he worked for three days making new plans from Roark's sketches, and a new, simpler elevation; and he presented his house to Francon with a proud gesture that looked like a flourish.†
Chpt 1.5
- Toohey grasped a chair by the back, swung it through the air, in a broad circle like a flourish, planted it by the table and sat down.†
Chpt 4.14 *
Definition:
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(flourish as in: the business is flourishing) to thrive (grow or develop well)