“A basic assumption suggests that prevention may be fruitfully divided into the promotion of desired events and the obviation of undesired ones.”

“To wait fruitfully is not to dream away the now, to brood about its dismalness, to protest its unacceptability, all the hallmarks of being bored.”

“The company's sense of itself was founded on an A-team working happily and fruitfully together.”

“But the printer kept making streaky things on the paper, so I fruitlessly spent a half hour trying to fix that.”

“He was sure sleep would evade him, with his mind still spinning fruitlessly on its search for information that wasn't there.”

“The Carlow lads found themselves toiling fruitlessly against a well-organised Killoughternane outfit during the early exchanges.”

“The prose style is fruitily whimsical in the extreme, but not without some intriguing sociological arguments.”

“It is, however, fruitily refreshing and mixes well, particularly in Martinis, though purists might frown.”

“Although he played an occasional lead, he will be remembered chiefly as an enthusiastic bit player with a fruitily nasal voice.”