- plural of assiduity.
assiduities
Example Sentences
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The reputation of Lord Frederick's attentions gave me much more pleasure than the attentions themselves; and my companions knew how to flatter me, by reminding me of his assiduities.
From Discipline by Mary Brunton
My purse, my ornaments, my amusements, even the assiduities of my admirers, all on which my foolish heart was most fixed, I freely shared with her.
From Discipline by Mary Brunton
Once or twice I thought of him, and with an indistinct feeling of self-reproach; but I was occupied with the assiduities of my new admirer, and had no leisure to consider of propriety.
From Discipline by Mary Brunton
The tender assiduities of birds in their attachments is no less remarkable than their courage in defence of their mates and young ones.
From The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest by Anonymous
His assiduities were like those of the dying Narcissa— And Betty, give those cheeks a little red, One wouldn't, sure, look horrid when one's dead!
From Aspects and Impressions by Edmund Gosse
