How to Use thrive in a Sentence

thrive

verb
  • Jones won the job and has thrived.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • When your home life is whole, your work life can thrive.
    Richard Huffman, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Every unit has to thrive in its own way.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Can both survive, or even thrive?
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
  • Sis will thrive in a quiet, calm adult home.
    Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Follow these steps to help your plant thrive.
    Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The best way to thrive is not to gaslight ourselves.
    Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Here are eight herbs that thrive in cool weather.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
  • And when red flags are ignored, fraud thrives.
    Jennifer Nassour, Boston Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Since then, the rhesus macaques have thrived.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Both thrive in well-draining, acidic soil and full sun.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Trolls can thrive on- and offline.
    Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 22 May 2026
  • Look for plants that can survive and even thrive in the heat.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Herbs thrive in the ground if your soil matches their needs.
    Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 2 May 2026
  • These are signs that thrive in the realm of thought and language.
    Maya Alzaben, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Likewise, a rose that needs full sun will not thrive in shade.
    Benjamin Whitacre, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The more genes, the more options for life to find ways to thrive.
    Ashley Braun, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2019
  • The run game is where Aledo thrived.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Use these tips when mulching with straw to help your vegetable plants thrive.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2022
  • It can be tossed in the water, sand, dirt, and snow—and thrive.
    Vanessa Powell, ELLE, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Our schools should be places where our young people thrive, not feel shame.
    BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2022
  • Abelia thrives in full sun to part shade, but flowers best in full sun.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Here's what to look out for in your home so your houseplants can thrive.
    Peg Aloi, The Spruce, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Giving her a place to belong and thrive.
    Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 10 May 2026
  • And judge shows and court shows continue to thrive.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Microbes thrive in the volcanic vents of the ocean floor.
    Alexandra Oliva june 1, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
  • For that reason, no Nephromyces species can thrive on its own.
    Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 26 July 2022
  • This is how a sport grows, thrives and spreads in 2025.
    Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • These two have thrived as critics by evolving.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 June 2026
  • Not all plants that thrive in heat are drought-tolerant.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 May 2026

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