Example sentences for: thrived

How can you use “thrived” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The yeoman, or statesman, economy thrived for some 300 years, but with the rise in automation brought by the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century, the demand for hand-crafted goods such as cloth plummeted — machine-produced goods were more plentiful and considerably less expensive.

  • The sumptuous summer home was built in the second half of the 18th century and thrived during the reign of Maria I (1777–1799).

  • Culture thrived in this climate.

  • The real-life Cahill, who thrived in Dublin in the '80s and was gunned down in 1994, was the most legendary criminal in modern Irish history.

  • The order thrived from the Mycenaean era to the coming of Christianity.


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