How to Use prolific in a Sentence

prolific

adjective
  • How did such a prolific goal scorer fall to the the Hawks?
    Jimmy Greenfield, chicagotribune.com, 18 June 2019
  • The Cowboys had been prolific in the first quarter of the last two games.
    David Moore, Dallas News, 3 Oct. 2021
  • That stretch is among the most prolific in the world for enormous hail.
    Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The half-inch blooms are round and prolific, borne atop leafy stems.
    Washington Post, 12 May 2021
  • One of the most upright, shiny and prolific weeds in lawns can be sedge.
    Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 19 June 2021
  • And harvests — in the field and from the sea — continue to be prolific.
    Steve Edwards, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2019
  • These are two of the five most prolific three-point-shooting teams in the nation.
    Joe Juliano, Philly.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Stephen Greif, a prolific British actor known for his work on the stage and screen, has died.
    Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Horn, a 6-foot-4 guard, has shown to be a prolific scorer.
    James Weber, Cincinnati.com, 24 June 2019
  • And, of course, lichens are always prolific on the tundra and in black spruce forests.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2021
  • The fourth and sixth selections have been the most prolific for state players in the first round.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 26 Mar. 2020
  • All moody eyes and knowing smiles, the prolific actor is the reason to tune in.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2022
  • When the Trojans play a prolific offense, Caleb will have to get them 10 TDs and hope to hang on.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
  • What is my gaze and my place in the world of images that is ever more prolific?
    Emiliano Granada, Variety, 27 Jan. 2022
  • But that's not all the prolific filmmaker has been up to.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Carden is known as one of the most prolific fundraisers in the region.
    Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 16 Sep. 2017
  • The Suns were very good again on Monday from long range, but not quite as prolific.
    David Brandt, Star Tribune, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Hotze is one of most prolific culture warriors on the right in Texas.
    Patrick Svitek, ExpressNews.com, 4 July 2020
  • Cabot, one of the most prolific producers in the nation’s No.
    Michael Rubinkam, The Seattle Times, 4 Feb. 2019
  • But every year seems to go like that for the prolific British author.
    Town & Country, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Kool & the Gang were prolific, and their sound evolved over a long period.
    New York Times, 4 July 2022
  • Grab your wand, don your robe and celebrate the prolific series with hits from the era.
    Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2018
  • That is, until last summer, when the stalks were half as tall and the berries less prolific and smaller.
    oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2020
  • He’s one of the league’s most prolific play-action throwers.
    Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 24 Sep. 2021
  • And over the course of her prolific career, Walker has gone on to write over 40 genre-spanning books.
    Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 21 Dec. 2023
  • My mom’s mom was a snazzy dresser—and a prolific shopper.
    Alyssa Haak, Marie Claire, 17 Apr. 2019
  • Schiff and Porter entered the race as prolific fundraisers.
    Bridget Bowman, NBC News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Jane was more famous, Maria (as she was called) was more prolific.
    Malcolm Forbes, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022
  • It’s one thing to be prolific, but quite another to hit the long ball every time.
    Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 4 Aug. 2020
  • But in May 1913, his prolific career came to a screeching halt.
    Angela Aleiss, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023

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