The phrase "a thriving force" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means a strong and successful energy or influence. Example: The recent advancements in technology have become a thriving force in shaping our society.
Sadly, Harry did not live long enough to see his organization grow but many years later WhyHunger is a thriving and influential force in the battle against hunger in America and elsewhere.
At that time, a thriving black community was forced to move because of fears aroused by its proximity to a white women's college in Denton.
Home Depot, for example, overestimated the desire for D.I.Y. home projects and high-end materials in a country with an unbelievably cheap labor force and a thriving black market.
"Communities that take a stand are increasingly finding themselves in the firing line of companies' private security, state forces and a thriving market for contract killers.
Thousands of Tibetan monks and nuns have been forced to leave a thriving religious study center in the remote mountains of Sichuan Province, along the eastern edge of ethnic Tibetan territory, according to international rights monitors and local officials.
Wilson, a West Point graduate who was called to serve in Iraq in January, 2006, was forced to leave a thriving real-estate business behind in Colorado Springs.
(The novel is set a quarter-century after Gutenberg's first Bible, when a thriving industry of manuscript-on-demand was forced to readjust).
The British capital offered a thriving music and theater scene, a large work force of young, multilingual college graduates and easy access to both the Asian and North American markets.
Now, Mr. Biden insisted, Iraq has a thriving, if unruly, political system and well-trained security forces, capable of guarding its borders and putting down continuing insurgency.
But a thriving car-buying habit rivaled by few nations is forcing the government here to sell greater amounts of cheap gasoline.
