How to Use prosper in a Sentence

prosper

verb

• 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
• It’s where the wealthy go to abide and prosper in their mansions.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 May 2021
• Cross didn't have the looks or charisma to prosper in that world.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 27 Jan. 2020
• 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 normal years, the plants prosper because the deer do not eat them.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 11 June 2021
• Without a doubt this club would still like to prosper in the running game.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 27 Aug. 2021
• In a market this sensitive to price, the Eas-E may prosper where the Nano could not.
  — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 17 Nov. 2022
• Jeremiah like you and me sometimes will cry out to God and say why do the wicked seem to prosper?
  — The Rev. Mike Taylor, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 26 Dec. 2020
• But can the franchise once again live long and prosper as a film series, too?
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 16 Feb. 2022
• Or the oil and gas industry, which has prospered due to the fracking boom?
  — National Geographic, 4 Feb. 2020
• All of them should have a place in America if the country wants to grow and prosper.
  — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 10 May 2021
• 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
• Still, the resort at Bruce’s Beach appeared to prosper.
  — New York Times, 11 Mar. 2021
• 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
• The rich will continue to prosper while the poor languish.
  — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2020
• Those who think more broadly will prosper in the years ahead, writes columnist Greg Ip.
  — Greg Ip, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2020
• 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
• Some nations prosper while others are mired in poverty.
  — Neil Irwin, Axios, 14 Oct. 2024
• The years in which Reeve has developed a solid relationship with Minnesota’s floor general, the Lynx have tended to prosper.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024