How to Use flourish in a Sentence

flourish

1 of 2 verb

• Dressed as a pirate, he entered the stage flourishing his sword.
• Regional markets have flourished in recent years.
• Pterosaurs took to the skies, while ichthyosaurs flourished in the oceans.
  — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2023
• Meanwhile the younger members of the squad have flourished.
  — Chris Scott, CNN, 16 Apr. 2018
• The structures that have allowed them to flourish out in the open for so long.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2017
• May your business flourish and bring you lots of joy in the new year.
  — Woman's Day, 22 Dec. 2022
• These hardy crops will flourish just about anywhere with the right care.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 11 Sep. 2020
• All three elements must be in place for the stage to flourish.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2020
• And after forest fires, ferns flourish low to the ground.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 June 2020
• The kite maker drew a lot as a child and grew up in a home where his creations thrived and flourished.
  — Lindsey Carnett, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Jan. 2018
• Sandbars would form along inside banks and the life of the river would flourish.
  — Jack Distel, Star Tribune, 13 Oct. 2020
• Brooks wants to be able to create a farm that will flourish the entire year.
  — Megan Taros, The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2021
• The conditions for this new form of art to flourish might seem perfect.
  — Andrew Shirley, CNN, 2 Apr. 2021
• These are likely cool-season weeds that flourish this time of the year.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2023
• When someone can pick up some of the slack, other things can flourish.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2019
• The grass would preferably get six to eight weeks to really flourish.
  — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 26 Mar. 2018
• Their project has flourished far beyond what any of them could have imagined.
  — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2019
• Some of the projects are aimed at giving musicians a better chance to flourish here.
  — Matt Wake, AL.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• Win or lose, dreams of a more unified France will flourish once again.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 13 July 2018
• Livingston’s post-up game flourishes in the space the stars create for him.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, The Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2017
• Ending that drought in a loud fashion allowed the program to flourish once again.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 23 June 2022
• What kind of plant life would flourish in a sun’s unchanging glare?
  — Chris Gunn, National Geographic, 23 July 2019
• Yet scooters have survived and may still flourish, both here and abroad.
  — Bruce Selcraig, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Nov. 2021
• Love can also flourish beyond measure, through the mess and mishaps that make up a life.
  — Dani McCarthy, refinery29.com, 22 Dec. 2021
• That, in itself, is fertile ground for flow to flourish.
  — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 9 Mar. 2023
• There, nests of sleeping bags and iPads and smoked salmon and crackers flourish.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2016
• This type of leader likes to let employees flourish on their own.
  — Josee Larocque Patton, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021
• So began the end of an abundant and thriving space in which diverse species flourished.
  — Jerome Lewis, Scientific American, 26 Apr. 2020
• Budapest is far from the only city where such schemes flourish.
  — Anitra Nelson, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2022
• Washington flourished—but the people did not share in its wealth.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 20 Jan. 2017

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flourish

2 of 2 noun

• She opened the door with a flourish.
• He waved his sword with a flourish.
• With a flourish of her pen, she signed the bill into law.
• Dinner was served with a flourish.
• Her writing style is simple and clear, without unnecessary flourishes.
• Turn the wheel, and a flourish swells through the chorus.
  — Laura Burstein, Robb Report, 11 Jan. 2024
• Or bring on the heat with a dab of hot sauce or a flourish of chile flakes.
  — Emma Wartzman, Bon Appétit, 31 Aug. 2020
• Pelosi’s flourish opened her up to this kind of attack.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2020
• The main creative flourish was a brilliant take on prints.
  — Thomas Adamson, ajc, 7 Mar. 2022
• The greatest flourish is that Snapchat filter mask that is worn in the first episode.
  — Liz Shannon Miller, The Verge, 2 July 2019
• And the royal pomp and flourishes are the extra cherry on top.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 17 Sep. 2019
• Letting gray hair flourish can also be done with the help of a colorist.
  — Natalie Johnson, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2021
• The finishing flourish is a crown of fresh baby greens.
  — Ellie Krieger, The Denver Post, 24 June 2019
• Ratmansky got up to show how this could be conveyed with the flourish of an arm and the angle of the chin.
  — New York Times, 14 June 2022
• These flourishes caught the eye of celebrities working in the movie studios.
  — Patrick Cooke, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2018
• Then sit back and watch your zinnia patch mature and flourish.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 3 Mar. 2017
• The stranger removed his top hat with a flourish and bowed deeply to Sissy and the others.
  — Ayana Mathis, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2020
• The owners planned most of this house themselves and missed almost no chance for flourish.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2021
• All of these flourishes are done with an admirable straight face.
  — Brian Feldman, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
• The win over Seton Hall saw some of the young talent flourish.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 29 Jan. 2022
• This workout starts out slowly but ends with a flourish.
  — Mark Barroso Cscs, Men's Health, 8 Dec. 2022
• The younger Jackson’s playoff flourish has made sure of it.
  — New York Times, 30 June 2021
• Even gowns are on the grid and come with statement-making flourishes.
  — Zoe Ruffner, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Sep. 2019
• And like a cherry on top of dessert, the egg should gleam with a brilliant, inviting flourish.
  — Arlyn Osborne, Bon Appétit, 20 Jan. 2022
• It was shot in black and white with fitting yellow flourishes.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2023
• Southern peas are a spring through summer crop and flourish during the hot weather.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Sep. 2020
• This is an old master who has dispensed with tools and flourishes.
  — Ramin Zahed, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• Drizzling oil over a dish as a final flourish is an easy way to add richness and flavor.
  — TheWeek, 14 Nov. 2020
• Their four slim dobby stripes add a stylistic flourish to the WC.
  — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 9 June 2020
• There was even a padded vinyl roof—a popular luxury flourish of the day.
  — Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024