How to Use fruitful in a Sentence
fruitful
adjective- We had a fruitful discussion about the problems with the schedule.
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People close to the case warned that the talks had not been fruitful.
— Sarah Ellison, Josh Dawsey and Rosalind S. Helderman, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Apr. 2023 -
The Trump era was at least as fruitful as Fidesz had hoped.
— Emily Tamkin, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2023 -
But a full-court trap and foul game wasn’t fruitful enough.
— Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2024 -
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer appears to have a busy, fruitful year ahead of her.
— Thania Garcia, Variety, 23 Jan. 2023 -
The next phase of Rosalynn Carter’s life proved to be fruitful.
— Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2023 -
Though the hunt has been less than fruitful so far, this could change things.
— Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 23 Nov. 2022 -
Yet the downtime proved fruitful in more ways than one.
— Meaghan Garvey, Billboard, 23 Mar. 2022 -
At the end of the day, these suggestions rarely prove fruitful.
— Rene Nunez, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2022 -
One of the school’s most fruitful initiatives has been LA to SB.
— Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2023 -
The belief that life should be fair should be a fruitful place to start digging.
— Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023 -
Dobbs’ ability to throw on the run proved fruitful for the Browns on Friday against the Jaguars.
— Lance Reisland, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022 -
The suspect fled the scene on foot, and a search Sunday night was not fruitful, police said.
— Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2022 -
The notes in the margins became a timestamp of one of the most fruitful periods of the artist’s career.
— Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 16 June 2023 -
Such puzzles have been fruitful for physicists in the past.
— Katie McCormick, Quanta Magazine, 16 May 2022 -
The slot proved fruitful, as the Hawks scored twice in the final three minutes from the area of prime real estate.
— Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2023 -
The duo’s long and fruitful relationship began on the set of Chef.
— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2023 -
And thus far, the shrewd adjustments have proven fruitful.
— oregonlive, 3 May 2022 -
But it's been a fruitful spot for Houston, which is now 5-2 in not-so-playoff-prime-time.
— Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2024 -
The sum of the two species is greater than its parts, making lichens one of nature’s most fruitful pairings.
— Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 15 Feb. 2022 -
With a soaring puck all but ending a fruitful O-zone shift, Carlo jumped at the blue line and corralled the the puck.
— Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2023 -
The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies.
— Time, 23 Nov. 2022 -
Both teams are crawling to next week’s All-Star break, a reset that might prove fruitful.
— Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2024 -
The era of those albums — the era this tour looks back on — was a fruitful one for white dudes writing indie rock songs.
— Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024 -
That aside, this spring has been a fruitful one for the Olmstead family.
— Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2022 -
That practice has proven itself to be fruitful more than once.
— Thania Garcia, Variety, 19 Dec. 2023 -
In fact, knowing what sets you apart from others can be a key part of a fruitful exchange.
— Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023 -
The realism, yet high style of Los Javis is one fruitful tension.
— John Hopewell, Variety, 11 Nov. 2022 -
Our current search for stability may be fruitful — to a point.
— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2024 -
This led to one of the most fruitful musical partnerships in history.
— Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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