thrive on

verb

thrived on or throve on; thrived on also thriven on; thriving on; thrives on

: to do well in a particular kind of situation

She thrives on attention.

He actually thrives on stress.

Examples of thrive on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The humanities thrive on these interactions, as ideas evolve and grow through debate and dialogue. — Maria Papadouris, JSTOR Daily, 20 Oct. 2026

Mandel’s work also informed a 2012 New York Times Magazine column on how the art market thrives on inequality, which argued that fine art belongs less to the broader global economy than to the peculiar economy of the very rich. — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Like Dominique Pelicot, the French man who used the online chat platform Coco to recruit men to rape his drugged and unconscious wife, the @SteveCumfulls of the world thrive on the internet’s reach and de-facto anonymity. — Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026

Simple Skin-Care Routine for Dry Skin Dry skin thrives on a less-is-more regimen, because doing too much with too many products can increase irritation. — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 16 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for thrive on

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