Examples of fruitarian in a Sentence
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There are hard-core fruitarians who only eat things that fell to the ground naturally, thus sparing the apple or orange or fig tree any unnecessary trauma.
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David Sedaris, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2023
Historians such as Fred Turner and Margaret O’Mara have emphasized the centrality of the hippie vibe of Northern California to the emergence of the tech industry: pot smoking at Atari, garage tinkerers building the early PCs, Steve Jobs as a long-haired fruitarian who disliked shoes.
—Kim Phillips-Fein, The New Republic, 11 May 2022
Deborah’s mother was once vice president of the New York Vegetarian society; for a while the family lived as fruitarians.
—Daisy Finer, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
David Sedaris, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2023
Historians such as Fred Turner and Margaret O’Mara have emphasized the centrality of the hippie vibe of Northern California to the emergence of the tech industry: pot smoking at Atari, garage tinkerers building the early PCs, Steve Jobs as a long-haired fruitarian who disliked shoes.
—Kim Phillips-Fein, The New Republic, 11 May 2022
Deborah’s mother was once vice president of the New York Vegetarian society; for a while the family lived as fruitarians.
—Daisy Finer, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
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“Fruitarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fruitarian. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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fruitarian
noun
fruit·ar·i·an
frü-ˈter-ē-ən 
: one who lives chiefly on fruit
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