Sample sentences for FLOURISH - verbalworkout.com

2 meanings

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1 —as in:
the business is flourishing

Definition

to thrive (grow or develop well)

The business flourished from day one.

flourished = grew or developed well

Other Uses (with this meaning)

The children are flourishing.

flourishing = growing or developing well

The garden flourishes in the spring.
The men who had befriended Louie in captivity found their way back into civilian life. Some flourished; some struggled for the rest of their lives.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

flourished = thrived

The over-zealous converts who had smarted under Mr. Brown's restraining hand now flourished in full favour.
Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart

flourished = thrived (did well)

The vampire live on, and cannot die by mere passing of the time, he can flourish when that he can fatten on the blood of the living.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

flourish = thrive (grow or develop well)

My art career is going to flourish in Phoenix.
Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle

flourish = thrive (grow or develop well)

He lived and flourished in such moments.
John Knowles -- A Separate Peace

flourished = thrived

I asked how my father's mood waxed, and what the names of my nieces and nephews were, and what empires flourished new in the world.
Madeline Miller -- Circe

flourished = thrived (grew or developed well)

It was the type that seemed to flourish best under the dominion of the Party.
George Orwell -- 1984

flourish = thrive (grow or develop well)

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2 —as in:
dismissed them with a flourish

Definition

a showy gesture

or:

the act of waving — a hand or an item

She entered with a great flourish.

flourish = showy gesture

Other Uses (with this meaning)

He bowed to her with a flourish.

flourish = showy gesture

Seized with an immediate desire to reveal himself, Harry pulled off the cloak with a flourish.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

flourish = a showy gesture

Flourish of cornets.
William Shakespeare -- The Merchant of Venice

flourish = a showy gesture

He would return with a flourish, and regain the seven wasted years.
Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart

flourish = showy manner

He unpacks the embroidered handbag, and some good sausages come to light; Lewandowski takes up the knife with a flourish and saws the meat into slices.
Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front

flourish = showy gesture

I thought it must be some kind of culminating prank, the senior class leaving Devon with a flourish.
John Knowles -- A Separate Peace

flourish = showy gesture

Mr. Kimberley flourished his cane at the silent children.
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

flourished = waved (or made a showy gesture with)

Now, it plunged the book back under his arm, pressed it tight to sweating armpit, rushed out empty, with a magician's flourish!
Ray Bradbury -- Fahrenheit 451

flourish = showy gesture

Its voice was thin, needle-sharp and insistent; The three boys rushed forward and Jack drew his knife again with a flourish.
William Golding -- Lord of the Flies

flourish = showy gesture

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Less commonly:

In Shakespeare's plays, flourish is often used as a stage direction indicating a specific type of showy gesture: fanfare played by trumpets or other horns to announce the entry or exit of royalty.

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