Anderson's Ark flourished for more than two decades before the raids.

The community first flourished in the era before affirmative action and civil rights laws.

The area flourished as a post station even before the establishment of the Minoji.

Their civilization flourished even more after the eruption than before it, but in the end they ran out of wood and had to leave the island.

Such patronage flourished before the mid-19th century, chiefly because there was no secret ballot.

He flourished Father Petre before the eyes of the people on all possible occasions.

Private academies such as Salemburg flourished before the widespread introduction of public schools.

He flourished it before the eyes of his visitor.

A valet flourished a clean linen handkerchief before the royal nose.

However, Shinsekai's status as a dangerous area owes much to criminal activity that flourished in the decades before the 1990s.