How to Use prosperous in a Sentence

prosperous

adjective
  • The company had a prosperous year.
  • He predicted a prosperous future.
  • Wishing you and yours a safe, healthy, and prosperous new year!
    — Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 7 Dec. 2020
  • May God bless you and bring you a safe, prosperous, and wise year to come.
    — Jim Geraghty, National Review, 19 Dec. 2024
  • May God bless you, and bring you a safe, prosperous, and wise year to come.
    — Jim Geraghty, National Review, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Tyre had a long and prosperous life in front of him that was cut short by this tragic event.
    — NBC News, 25 Apr. 2022
  • All this would spell a less free, less prosperous and more violent world.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Frankfurt was a proud, prosperous, free city.
    — Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The rich will be mostly based in one of 50 prosperous cities.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 July 2024
  • This is your year to build the foundation of a life that feels both prosperous and true.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025
  • All this bodes ill for a peaceful, stable and prosperous world.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Even in the best of times, the film’s main characters weren’t prosperous.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
  • May this Diwali mark the start of a happy and prosperous year for you.
    — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The family packs a ship and sails off to the more prosperous castle.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Many of Vara’s friends went on to work for one or more of these prosperous companies.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Many of the rich have grown even more prosperous during the pandemic.
    — Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2021
  • The next step is to envision a future that is more prosperous, freer, and more secure.
    — Russell Muirhead, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Both seek to represent one of the most prosperous areas of the county.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Both seek to represent one of the most prosperous areas of the county.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 15 Sep. 2024
  • What is the key or first step to a freer, prosperous, and more harmonious society?
    — The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Modi has said the new terms will make Kashmir more peaceful and prosperous.
    — Sameer Yasir, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • In his prosperous wake, a whole ecosystem sprung up in the French capital.
    — Lily Templeton, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
  • We were promised many, many offers from shows and a long and prosperous future in TV.
    — Liz Astrof, Marie Claire, 30 July 2019
  • Before the war, their family had led a prosperous life in Prague.
    — Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023
  • However, the road to a prosperous year may be paved with volatility.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
  • And with John Gibson in net, the next five seasons, at least, could be prosperous.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2021
  • And the loss of our supply chain sovereignty was not a function of a prosperous and healthy system of global trade.
    — Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Initially, it was seen as a time for farmers to pray and thank the gods for their bountiful and prosperous year.
    — Michelle Tchea, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Geeks and Nerds – at least in Huntsville -- are cool, successful and prosperous.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Ethiopia went from being one of the most prosperous nations in Africa to the site of a brutal civil war.
    — Lauren Jackson, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2022

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