How to Use prosper in a Sentence

prosper

verb
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  • No crop can prosper in this heat.
  • He hopes his business will prosper.
  • She prospered as a real estate agent.
  • Keep God first in your life and you’re bound to prosper.
    — Good Housekeeping, 2 May 2023
  • But even while the colony prospered, tough times weren’t far off.
    — John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
  • This is also the best way to let people prosper across the state.
    — Vance Ginn, National Review, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The city prospered as the Navy and shipbuilders moved in after World War I.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023
  • That, in turn, allows snails, which the crabs like to consume, to prosper.
    — Dino Grandoni and Melina Mara, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • There is a desire to help, to give to those in need, and see others prosper.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 24 Jan. 2023
  • In a market this sensitive to price, the Eas-E may prosper where the Nano could not.
    — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 17 Nov. 2022
  • But can the franchise once again live long and prosper as a film series, too?
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Who lives, who dies; who suffers, who prospers: The world is a riddle.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Shame on Mom and Dad, a shame for the kid doing her or his best to prosper at and enjoy the sport being played.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Read How to prosper in a financial world that’s rigged against you.
    — Alex Wood, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Founded in the 1860s as a railway hub, the city prospered during the silver and gold rushes.
    — Ken Belson, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • This is an amazing bean that can withstand and even prosper in the most extreme heat and drought.
    — Sean Sherman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Still, Henderson has big plans for the program to grow and prosper — like that small onion — in the coming years.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Sep. 2022
  • In Oc Eo, culture prospered between the first and eighth centuries, during the latter years of the Iron Age.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2023
  • To build on the success of the culture that led to this recognition, Bartholf, took note of what helps people prosper.
    — Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Their faith and drive have pushed our country to grow, prosper, and pursue its highest ideals.
    — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Shortly after, Central, the midsize mine that lent the Methodist church its name, opened and prospered for four decades.
    — John Hanc, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Aug. 2023
  • As towns began to prosper, the elm was central to landscaping.
    — Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The Louisville football program has prospered in the offseason.
    — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2023
  • To prosper, Arkansas Democrats should invest in a long game.
    — Arkansas Online, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The infection prospers in crowds, spreading to people in close reach.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Managed correctly, our children and grandchildren should prosper in the best city in the world to live, work and enjoy life in the Great Land.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2022
  • This is the perfect way to carry around all those essential garden tools that are needed to help plants grow and prosper in the yard.
    — Taylor Gumm, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Against the Odds How do such tiny animals prosper as if nothing had happened?
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Like the scientists who study them, fungi prosper in even the smallest and most inhospitable niches, from the bottom of the sea to the cracks in wood flooring.
    — Richard Schiffman, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
  • But Bornstein gained the respect of the campus and the community and prospered, her friends and former colleagues say.
    — Annie Martin, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024

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