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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
flourish . - noun Plural form of
flourish .
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Examples
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Convolvulus major – the Morning Glory, as our American cousins so prettily call it – flourishes on a smutty wall as generously as the Virginian creeper.
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Freedom of expression flourishes as the psychology of fear which characterised Soviet rule has evaporated.
At The Threshold: The Implications of Ukraine's New Constitution 1996
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This needful bond between ideas and the further existences they forebode is not merely a logical postulate, taken on trust because the ideas in themselves assert it; it is a previous and genetic bond, proper to the soil in which the idea flourishes and a condition of its existence.
The Life of Reason George Santayana 1907
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The rest of the time, his flourishes are a little self-conscious.
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The rest of the time, his flourishes are a little self-conscious.
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The rest of the time, his flourishes are a little self-conscious.
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With Haslinger, the group relied more heavily on strict structures and jarring compositional flourishes, which is only appropriate, since he came directly from a classical background.
AvaxHome RSS: Virginia Plain 2010
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The rest of the time, his flourishes are a little self-conscious.
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With Haslinger, the group relied more heavily on strict structures and jarring compositional flourishes, which is only appropriate, since he came directly from a classical background.
AvaxHome RSS: 2010
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& Spa mixes modern comforts with more traditional flourishes, which is uniquely rare, '' he added.
unknown title 2009
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