be industrious
Example Sentences
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Six-year-olds like to be industrious and independent, and they feel good when they contribute in a real way.
From Washington Post • May 18, 2022
“I gave Teddy my own number: 322. There are certain times when it’s good to be smart and certain times when it’s good to be industrious, but that night it was good to be lucky.”
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2019
Australia will be industrious and dogged, but this team lacks the pedigree of previous incarnations.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2017
They must believe in honesty, plain decency, must be chivalrous, must respect themselves and be industrious.
From Time Magazine Archive
"But how," asks Cobbett, "is the purblind lover to ascertain whether she, whose smiles have bereft him of his senses—how is he to judge whether the beloved object will be industrious or lazy?"
From How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage by Hardy, Edward John
