Examples of fruitarian in a Sentence
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Life was an orchard and Bromley a fruitarian.
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Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
And vegans are ethical bottom feeders compared with fruitarians, who don’t even kill plants for their sustenance.
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David G. Allan,
CNN,
27 Nov. 2024
There are hard-core fruitarians who only eat things that fell to the ground naturally, thus sparing the apple or orange or fig tree any unnecessary trauma.
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David Sedaris,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2023
Deborah’s mother was once vice president of the New York Vegetarian society; for a while the family lived as fruitarians.
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Daisy Finer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Dec. 2018
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Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
And vegans are ethical bottom feeders compared with fruitarians, who don’t even kill plants for their sustenance.
—
David G. Allan,
CNN,
27 Nov. 2024
There are hard-core fruitarians who only eat things that fell to the ground naturally, thus sparing the apple or orange or fig tree any unnecessary trauma.
—
David Sedaris,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2023
Deborah’s mother was once vice president of the New York Vegetarian society; for a while the family lived as fruitarians.
—
Daisy Finer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Dec. 2018
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“Fruitarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fruitarian. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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fruitarian
noun
fruit·ar·i·an
frü-ˈter-ē-ən 
: one who lives chiefly on fruit
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