How to Use fruitful in a Sentence

fruitful

adjective
  • We had a fruitful discussion about the problems with the schedule.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • My character had to play guitar, so that turned out to be very fruitful as well.
    Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2023
  • However, the search for fragments of a meteor that lit up the sky in the region in 2016 wasn’t fruitful, Pitt said.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Sending wishes of a fun, festive, and fruitful new year.
    Woman's Day, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The culprits are white women of his own social class for not being fruitful enough.
    WIRED, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The case turned cold with no fruitful leads and the female infant was never identified.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2022
  • As with the most fruitful of partnerships, there was a clear synergy of values and vibe.
    Leena Kim, Town & Country, 5 Sep. 2023
  • That kind of fandom could be fruitful for the film’s fortunes moving forward.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 26 Aug. 2023
  • John Lennon and Yoko Ono have one of the most famous — and fruitful — love stories in pop culture history.
    Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
  • Is this the start of a fruitful, long-term relationship or just a fleeting encounter?
    Richard Cornell, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • It’s been a four-year relationship that has proven fruitful.
    Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The result may be a few big wins to close out the 2023 class, followed by a more fruitful collection of talent in the classes coming up next.
    Stephen Means, cleveland, 19 Oct. 2022

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