Example Sentences

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“Did he have a soul?” wonders Lucie Arnaz, Lucy and Desi’s daughter, in whose workshop Kallman unfruitfully participated.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2023

Here for over twelve months he rendered admirable, though to him monotonous, service; when, lo, suddenly the Boers doubled back upon their pursuers, and attempted not unsuccessfully though unfruitfully, a second invasion of Cape Colony.

From With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back by Lowry, Edward P.

It chanced that as I went down the hill these last words of my friend the drover echoed not unfruitfully in my head.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

And he was deeply conscious of the honor that had descended, however unfruitfully, upon his house.

From Rezanov by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

When July passed unfruitfully even our sense of humor was seriously endangered.

From Murder in Any Degree by Johnson, Owen