How to Use fruit in a Sentence

fruit

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  • The low-hanging fruit for making a lot of money is not in poor people.
    — David Wessel, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Enjoy baked treats, in addition to the fruits of your labor.
    — Country Living Staff, Country Living, 13 June 2017
  • Vendor booths will have food, local wines and rare fruit to sample.
    — Jennifer Jhon, South Florida Parenting, 7 June 2017
  • The meals sometimes include an offer of soup, a fruit and something sweet for dessert — and always a bologna sandwich.
    — Sheldon S. Shafer, The Courier-Journal, 9 May 2017
  • But on this day, mango season is winding down and prices are rising as the fruit becomes scarcer.
    — Washington Post, 22 June 2017
  • The vendors sprawled across several streets with fresh fruits, vegetables, fish and coffee.
    — Amanda Shine, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 June 2017
  • In addition to fresh fruits and vegetables, homemade sauces, plants and baked goods, hot lunch also was available.
    — Sue Ellen Ross, Post-Tribune, 23 June 2017
  • So do the large drug and medical-device companies, seeking to capitalize on the fruits of this knowledge.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 June 2017
  • Earlier this year, however, the talks between Egypt and Hamas finally started to bear fruit.
    — Gregg Carlstrom, The Atlantic, 14 June 2017
  • The U.S. is the world’s leading producer of natural gas (which burns cleaner than coal and oil) and is busy building export terminals to bring the fruits of fracking to overseas markets.
    — Eric Roston, Bloomberg.com, 1 June 2017
  • The avocado trees are the workhorses, acting as trellises for passion fruit vines and providing shade for the coffee bushes.
    — Stephanie Strom, New York Times, 26 May 2017
  • Use that water for potted plants, tropical fruits or vegetables.
    — Nan Sterman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 June 2017
  • New replacement trees will take three to four years to produce fruit, meaning the effects of this year's climate problems may lead to price increases and decreased availability beyond 2017.
    — Dennis Pillion, AL.com, 16 June 2017
  • Even if your accommodations don’t offer the opportunity to cook, picking up basics such as bread, fruit and cheese for picnics can keep your trip within budget.
    — Melinda Crow, The Seattle Times, 23 June 2017
  • That’s no surprise, perhaps, given the organic revolution and the proximity to the state’s absurdly fertile Central Valley, which produces half of the country’s fruits and vegetables.
    — Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 20 June 2017
  • Among the projects funded last year, employees at Summit Brewing created a garden committee and installed raised outdoor garden beds for herbs, kale, tomatoes and assorted vegetables near a future fruit tree area.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2017
  • A bill now making its way through the California legislature further defines that, echoing a Colorado policy by outlawing all edibles that look like a person, animal, insect, fruit or a candy that’s already on the market.
    — Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannabist, 7 June 2017
  • Aromas include citrus, tropical fruit, peach and honeysuckle.
    — Michael Austin, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2017
  • Publix is recalling its tropical fruit medley because of possible listeria contamination.
    — Kelly Poe, AL.com, 16 June 2017
  • The low-hanging fruit for making a lot of money is not in poor people.
    — David Wessel, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Enjoy baked treats, in addition to the fruits of your labor.
    — Country Living Staff, Country Living, 13 June 2017
  • Vendor booths will have food, local wines and rare fruit to sample.
    — Jennifer Jhon, South Florida Parenting, 7 June 2017
  • The meals sometimes include an offer of soup, a fruit and something sweet for dessert — and always a bologna sandwich.
    — Sheldon S. Shafer, The Courier-Journal, 9 May 2017
  • But on this day, mango season is winding down and prices are rising as the fruit becomes scarcer.
    — Washington Post, 22 June 2017
  • The vendors sprawled across several streets with fresh fruits, vegetables, fish and coffee.
    — Amanda Shine, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 June 2017
  • In addition to fresh fruits and vegetables, homemade sauces, plants and baked goods, hot lunch also was available.
    — Sue Ellen Ross, Post-Tribune, 23 June 2017
  • So do the large drug and medical-device companies, seeking to capitalize on the fruits of this knowledge.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 June 2017
  • Earlier this year, however, the talks between Egypt and Hamas finally started to bear fruit.
    — Gregg Carlstrom, The Atlantic, 14 June 2017
  • The U.S. is the world’s leading producer of natural gas (which burns cleaner than coal and oil) and is busy building export terminals to bring the fruits of fracking to overseas markets.
    — Eric Roston, Bloomberg.com, 1 June 2017
  • The avocado trees are the workhorses, acting as trellises for passion fruit vines and providing shade for the coffee bushes.
    — Stephanie Strom, New York Times, 26 May 2017
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fruit

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  • With less sun, the sprout will grow leaves, but won’t fruit.
    — Ap McClatchy, The Mercury News, 10 July 2019
  • Seeds and cuttings should fruit in three to five years.
    — Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Jan. 2023
  • To date, his attempts to fruit the sparassis crispa haven’t worked.
    — Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Not all the new shoots that grow from the previous year's canes will fruit.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Check to make sure your tree is one that can survive and fruit in your area.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Oct. 2020
  • For the cocoa tree to fruit well, rains need to come at the right times in the growing cycle.
    — Hilaire Zon, ajc, 13 Nov. 2022
  • About four to five months later, the flower will fruit.
    — Ap McClatchy, The Mercury News, 10 July 2019
  • First of all, many of the first fruits a tree produces are atypical.
    — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 May 2017
  • Blocks will fruit up to three times, yielding up to three pounds of mushrooms.
    — Toniann Fernandez, Bon Appétit, 24 Apr. 2020
  • Plants do grow and fruit in light shade but best production is in full sun.
    — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2 Sep. 2017
  • That’s the graft, the point where rootstock and the fruiting wood are grafted together.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
  • These will fruit next year while those fruiting now will die and should be removed later in the fall.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Overall, the heat will help fruiting plants and veggies.
    — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2018
  • Groom fruiting trees and shrubs as needed to maintain the proper shape and size.
    — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 Apr. 2017
  • There will be 65 kegs of ales on tap that range from light sour to heavily fruited.
    — John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2023
  • When the new oil palms started fruiting, the boars came back with the same speed: within a few years there were hundreds of nests again.
    — National Geographic, 21 Dec. 2017
  • It’s likely found in every Indiana state park along the trails, but not all of them will fruit.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Most of the wood removed is older wood that already has fruited.
    — Kym Pokorny, OregonLive.com, 2 May 2018
  • For best fruiting, pick a location where the plant will get at least eight hours of direct sun each day.
    — Jean Nick, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2018
  • Like many fruiting trees, mango trees can take quite some time to produce fruit.
    — Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2023
  • The vintners produce it all, from European-style blends to fruit wines.
    — Charles Passy, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Inside the steamy space, mushrooms are fruiting in a loamy mixture of peat moss and compost.
    — Sam Wood, Philly.com, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Trees grafted to rootstock can fruit in as little as two years, and trees grown from seeds take up to seven years.
    — Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2022
  • In the second year, the floricanes will fruit in early summer.
    — oregonlive, 22 May 2020
  • The wine is likely to be full-bodied, densely-fruited and, when young, tannic.
    — WSJ, 20 July 2017
  • Slowly, the fungi will fruit and grow through the slices in the bag into bunches of colorful mushrooms.
    — Jamie Clarkson, The Enquirer, 26 June 2021
  • Once above ground, the fruiting body will continue to grow, as long as conditions are right.
    — Bill Sherwonit, Alaska Dispatch News, 5 Aug. 2017
  • Pawpaw has a short fruiting season and even shorter shelf life.
    — Cari Shane, Saveur, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Long before California’s peach trees start fruiting, you’ll be all warmed up for the year.
    — Cameron Sullivan, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • In addition to not fruiting, these compact growers don't spread by roots to become large thickets the way ordinary nandinas do.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2023

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