Sentence examples for were prosperous from inspiring English sources

The Becketts were prosperous people and the house in which the birth took place reflected that prosperity, as did its situation in Foxrock, then a very exclusive suburb of Dublin.

The first years of independence were prosperous.

The first occupants were prosperous.

The early occupants were prosperous.

Not that long ago we were prosperous.

The earliest inhabitants of these two rows were prosperous householders.

Most were prosperous-looking Republican men of a certain age.

In the lobby were prosperous-looking couples on their way to dinner.

There were prosperous-looking men with big gold rings and suits with wide stripes, and women with low-cut dresses that swirled around their knees, above shiny pastel-colored shoes.

None can be prosperous unless all are prospering.

Trade was prosperous.