fructify

Example Sentences

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He wrote that politicians are often asked to lower taxes to “leave the money to fructify in the hands of the people.”

From The New Yorker

“We’re just starting to see that interest in the sport beginning to fructify now … this fight is bankable,” Nelson said.

From Los Angeles Times

The autumn morning shone bright gold and blue through the turning leaves of the trees, and delectable, deep, dark mud gave off the scent of fructifying funk.

From Seattle Times

Those discussions fructified into the present partnership more than a year later.

From Forbes

Thoughts can be awakened and fructified as a field is fructified by sunshine and rain.

From Project Gutenberg