How to Use fruitful in a Sentence

fruitful

adjective
  • We had a fruitful discussion about the problems with the schedule.
  • 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
  • Some athletes handle this well, going on to fruitful chapters.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Feb. 2022
  • This focus on the government sector has proven fruitful.
    Geri Stengel, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
  • After a quiet January, the fashion week mood feels extra fruitful as people ease back into the swing of things.
    Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Your willingness to try different strategies and take inventory of which ones ground and regulate your mood is what makes the process fruitful.
    Ebony Davis, Essence, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The post was fruitful too, especially from Rudy Gay and Bojan Bogdanovic.
    Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Feb. 2022
  • The decade that followed proved to be particularly fruitful for the tall and subtly authoritative performer.
    NBC News, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Both Ahern and Boockvar think Beijing will see a more fruitful economic rebound when housing prices stop falling.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2024
  • However, for the moment, Nicky continues to find music creatively fruitful.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Snoop’s creative collaboration with Pharrell has been almost as fruitful as his partnership with Dre.
    Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2022
  • His fruitful relationships with department stores paid dividends just as malls began to take over American retail shopping.
    New York Times, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Ultimately, one of the most fruitful sources of insight into my grandfather was neither scholarly archives nor family lore, but a gift Sam received long ago.
    Stacey Ravel Abarbanel, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Feb. 2022
  • 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

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