Synonym: bloom, develop, display, exhibit, fade, flaunt, grow, parade, prosper, show, sprout, thrive, wave. Antonym: decay, decline. Similar words: flour, tourism, tourist, Irish, parish, jurisdiction, flow, flood. Meaning: ['flɜrɪʃ /'flʌr-] 
n. 1. a showy gesture 2. an ornamental embellishment in writing 3. a display of ornamental speech or language 4. the act of waving 5. (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments. v. 1. grow stronger 2. gain in wealth 3. move or swing back and forth.
n. 1. a showy gesture 2. an ornamental embellishment in writing 3. a display of ornamental speech or language 4. the act of waving 5. (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments. v. 1. grow stronger 2. gain in wealth 3. move or swing back and forth. 
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61. We pushed off with a flourish, leaving the boy and Marina's driver at the edge.
62. Corrupt customs officials have helped the drug trade to flourish.
63. So the citizen could only flourish as a person by acting as a part or member of the whole, the community.
64. Because management is made up of virtually constant negotiation and adjustment it can only flourish in the context of other people.
65. To flourish, human societies need a vision of something better.
66. The key area in which these ultra-current databases flourish is the field of financial information.
67. His was too literary, and now too deliberate, a talent to flourish in the public realm of the theatre.
68. In a warm climate bees flourish to such an extent that hives proliferate in geometric progression.
69. Telecanvassing is now up and running very efficiently in Salisbury and will continue to flourish and we will soon reap the rewards.
70. Yet, without a ground and adequate pitch, the sport was unlikely to flourish.
71. Countless species of plants and animals flourish amid soaring trees where once there were only stumps and weeds.
72. Or does it simply make clear that the church tolerates a margin of contradictory views in which extremists can flourish?
73. With a resort to force, things flourish for a time, but then decay.
74. The seeds of self-doubt germinate easily in such sad soil, and flourish in such desolate climates.
75. Some argue that downsizing is dissolving the glue that has traditionally held companies together, and without which they may never flourish.
76. His grey hat, which he swept off with a flourish as the ladies approached, was set at a jaunty angle.
77. He had a business card, which he presented with a theatrical flourish when I told him where I was headed.
78. In a flourish of biochemical altruism, they manufacture deadly molecules and then turn this lethal cocktail upon themselves.
79. Beetles and fungus only flourish in damp, poorly ventilated conditions.
80. Thus, neither Moscow nor its charges has a clear interest in multilateral institutions which truly flourish.
81. If all TECs are as helpful and supportive as Bradford,(sentence dictionary) then long may they flourish.
82. They have to be recruited and retained for the industry to flourish.
83. The Brotherhood provided the moral climate in which more strident cultures could flourish.
84. Just one insect in fifty lives in such a way, but those that take up a shared existence may flourish.
85. In Hong Kong, equities ended 1995 with a flourish, with the benchmark index at a high for the year.
86. Again, Barnes converted with a flourish and Bath knew they had won.
87. A chance for a last flourish and a bit of fun at the end of a gruelling league campaign.
88. With a flourish he removed the cover and revealed to the incredulous eyes of the staff a feast of sausages and bacon.
89. The Blueprint Dance group has been set up to give young talent a chance to flourish away from the capital.
90. Mixed farming, peasant agriculture, especially that of commercially-minded rich peasants, could flourish in such situations.