assiduities

Example Sentences

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She at once warmly and fervently attached herself to Mildred, and won her way into our lady's esteem by the most amiable assiduities.

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton

If father and mother possess æsthetic sensibilities, these are offended probably by the plainness and the lack of graces in their offspring—bye-products merely of their economic assiduities.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella

William, by a hundred assiduities, endeavoured to recover Amelia's cheerfulness, again to spread a smile on her clouded countenance, and make her renew her usual pleasing prattle.

From The Looking-Glass for the Mind or Intellectual Mirror by Bewick, John

The more they showed themselves inexorable, the more Mademoiselle redoubled her assiduities.

From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede

To this interesting object all her assiduities and time are religiously devoted.

From Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World by Anonymous