Sentence examples for prosperous by from inspiring English sources
All six are "prosperity gospel" ministries, which teach that believers will themselves become prosperous by donating generously to the ministry.
He also had a seven-room house, he told me – very prosperous by Somali standards.
Abu Ahmed is prosperous by the region's standards, growing tomatoes, cantaloupes and olives on his land.
Because of the smuggling along this border, Myawadi is prosperous by Myanmar's standards.
A penniless 12-year-old Scottish immigrant in 1848, Carnegie was already very prosperous by 1860.
The Mbwanas, never rich but once moderately prosperous by Malawi's meagre standards, are destitute.
He landed first in Seattle (to emphasize the importance of high tech and business in the China-U.S. relationship), where he made an important speech detailing China's self-definition and its subdued economic ambitions at home ("a modestly prosperous society" by 2020; a fully prosperous society by 2050. The goal of a "communist society" is, in other words, a dead letter).
The loss of Schoemansdal, once a prosperous settlement by Boer standards, was considered a great humiliation by many burghers.
But it was mainly a step towards North Korea's aim, laid down by Kim Jong Il, the Dear Leader, of becoming a "strong and prosperous nation" by 2012.
Prosperous Friends, by Christine Schutt (Grove).
And the country's stated goal of becoming a prosperous economy by 2020 will recede further.
