How to Use fruitful in a Sentence

fruitful

adjective
  • We had a fruitful discussion about the problems with the schedule.
  • The last few days have been filled with really fruitful meetings.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Along with this foundation comes trust and a relationship that grows into a fruitful venture.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
  • With the right person, such partnership can be incredibly fruitful.
    Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Who else would take artistic leaps as frequent and fruitful, seemingly limited only by his imagination and good taste.
    Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 14 Jan. 2022
  • The Monegasque princess is an accomplished showjumper in her own right, and the move proved fruitful with the moment going viral on social media.
    Nick Remsen, CNN, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The negotiations, if fruitful, could be finalized in the next few weeks, according to the sources, and would bring a surprising end to a years-long drama.
    Hadas Gold, Andrew Carey and Amir Tal, CNN, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Arguably the most fruitful alliances made with Pegasus’s help have been those between Israel and its Arab neighbors.
    New York Times, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Lilas and Shery have a fruitful creative partnership, but a volatile friendship complicated by a previous romance.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2022
  • Hence the spread of Roman power, amassing not only new territory, but also the immense population of slaves needed to work the more fruitful land.
    Maureen Quilligan, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022
  • And, luckily, Frederick County, where Winchester is located, is known for its fruitful farm stands.
    Heather Bien, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2024
  • 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 students whose parents engage with schools often go on to college, have fruitful careers, join the military, and contribute to the better part of American society.
    Raymond Pierce, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
  • 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

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