How to Use unfruitful in a Sentence
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The unfruitful effort was the second one in as many days.
—Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com, 18 May 2021
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In the Last Chance Qualifier the following day, the team finished its first run fifth out of the five cars not yet in the race, and a last-minute attempt proved unfruitful.
—Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2021
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Past attempts to deliver a new take on the series were unfruitful.
—Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 21 Apr. 2021
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Rookie first-round pick Alex Leatherwood's stint at right tackle was unfruitful and short-lived.
—Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2022
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Leicester City have again sent scouts to Portugal in an attempt to bring in more talent from the Primeira Liga, but this time suffered an unfruitful trip.
—SI.com, 16 Feb. 2018
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Even if the #FightForX1 proves unfruitful and fans aren't able to see the 11 come together again, there's a larger statement being said here that fans aren't sitting idly anymore.
—Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2020
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As this issue has played out, the union and the county have been locked in unfruitful contract negotiations.
—Joshua Stewart, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 July 2017
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The investigation has been unfruitful, and law clerks may now be forced to provide cell phone records and sign affidavits.
—Fortune, 1 June 2022
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The first time proved unfruitful but on the second the elk were browsing past a row of vegetation; Evenson was able to stalk to a position within shooting distance and wait.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 21 Oct. 2022
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But divorce through the courts is nonetheless often prolonged and unfruitful for many women.
—NBC News, 27 Mar. 2021
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But that money is largely spent now, and talks to allocate more have been unfruitful: Democrats refuse to lower their stimulus ask of $2.2 trillion, and the White House won't come up from its offer of $1.3 trillion.
—Fortune, 30 Sep. 2020
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And as Lungarini stressed much of 2020, everything in the pandemic is fluid, and projecting a month into the future can often be an unfruitful game.
—Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 3 Aug. 2021
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Back in 1980, Ashby and Fowler became patients of Mortimer after unfruitful attempts to conceive.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2018
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Moons are common in our solar system, which has more than 200 natural satellites, but the long search for interstellar moons has largely been unfruitful.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Jan. 2022
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Facing the prospect of a fourth loss in five days, a beleaguered lineup dusted itself off after six unfruitful innings against Yankees starter Jordan Montgomery and put on an audacious fireworks show.
—Rustin Dodd, kansascity.com, 23 May 2017
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But some clues are available that may help predict what happens when results are tallied Tuesday – though prognostications on the 2016 election proved wildly unfruitful.
—cleveland, 1 Nov. 2020
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The 55-year-old Abramovich was present at several rounds of early and unfruitful peace negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian as a mediator.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 6 June 2022
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Indeed, one of the greatest challenges in the field of psychiatry has been that research into the genetics of psychiatry has been — until very recently — largely unfruitful.
—Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 26 Sep. 2019
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Trustee Ann McKaig said village officials have been reaching out to restaurant owners about opening a restaurant in one of Shorewood's vacant storefronts, but those conversations have so far proved unfruitful.
—Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2018
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Perhaps, then, G7 public debt is diverting unfruitful efforts to provide for the future into providing for the elderly instead.
—The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
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But this has been Donald Jr.'s defense all along: that since no Clinton dirt ever materialized in that conference room, his efforts to collude proved unfruitful, and there can be nothing untoward about his conduct.
—Jay Willis, GQ, 16 May 2018
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Without trust, the Cold War secretary of state believed, diplomatic relations would be unfruitful, doubts among allies would hinder forging a strong common front, and tension-reducing accord would remain hard to come by.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2022
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While the search for the shipwreck proved unfruitful, the dive encountered interesting biological phenomenon including at least 11 sharks circling and feeding on the carcass of an 8-foot-long swordfish.
—Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 8 July 2019
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Lately, Ngo has also been seeing more interest from investors as ordinary home buyers grapple with fatigue from unfruitful searches.
—Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Aug. 2021
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Xi Jinping on Thursday amid growing frustration on the American side that high-level engagement between the two leaders’ top advisers has been largely unfruitful in the early going of the Biden presidency.
—Aamer Madhani and Joe McDonald, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2021
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President Xi Jinping last week amid growing frustration on the American side that high-level engagement between the two leaders’ top advisers has been largely unfruitful.
—Aamer Madhani and Jonathan Lemire, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Sep. 2021
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After three days of unfruitful attempts, the team trying to capture the animal has reached out to biologists and other experts who recommended a machine used underwater to mimic the sound of a baby alligator.
—Marie Fazio, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2019
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What railroad workers want: Rail workers moved toward a strike over unmet demands for better pay and working conditions after almost three years of unfruitful contract negotiations.
—Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2022
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The announcement follows weeks of unfruitful negotiations with California regulators who are using their waiver as leverage in an effort to fight changes.
—Chester Dawson, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2018
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The dispute escalated after almost three years of contract negotiations proved unfruitful, and railroad workers moved towards a strike over unmet demands for higher pay and better working conditions.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2022
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