Word: thriving
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...also admit that it's "quite right" for audience members to yell out about Northern Ireland; he readily acknowledges the colonial sins of his own motherland. And though he listens to all the hecklers, he doesn't let negative reactions deter his speechifying; Bragg seems to thrive on response of any and every sort. Ultimately, Bragg has a soapbox and he's going...
...believe how hard Steffi hits the ball." Her forehand especially. "She's wonderful," says Billie Jean King, who spotted Graf early. "Steffi always had better footwork than the other kids, more discipline, and she quite frankly liked the pressure. Becker is another one. They love pressure -- they thrive...
...FIRST place, Harvard students are too serious about themselves. I suppose it's natural that when you group 6000 young prima donnas that they learn to thrive in an atmosphere of self-congratulation lethal to normal humans, losing their tolerance for anything that threatens their self-image. Me, I was born with a bad attitude. I can't take anything seriously for long, particularly myself--causing consternation and bewilderment in those around...
Food has its operatic side in China, and anyone who savors local color will be repeatedly drawn to the street food markets, like Canton's Qingping, an enormous, dazzling maze where private enterprise is allowed to thrive. Here, more than in the sparsely stocked indoor government markets, are stacks of jade green cabbages, gigantic leeks, silvery winter melons, woodsy mushrooms, mounds of gnarled ginger roots, pomegranates and persimmons, displayed alongside skeins of noodles, fish swimming in vats of running water, and live geese and ducks, sitting sleepily in place with their feet tied together. Also live in crates...
Potato chips, America' s favorite fattening munch, thrive despite the fitness trend, with proliferating varieties of shapes and flavors...