diligent

Example Sentences

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I had to be more diligent about closing windows on the Neo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

"I am a diligent recycler, I really try. But we've noticed that actually they seem to bung it all in the same van," she says.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

“I would hate to criticize him for not being more diligent, but it is frustrating,” said Skyhawk in a 1995 interview about the initiative.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Those who have worked under both Viana and Begiristain speak of similarities between them: they are unassuming in their demeanour but diligent and structured in the way they operate.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

On the side of knowing better were his mother and father, all the teachers he knew, the deacons from church, Booker T. Washington, and the diligent faculty of the Tuskegee Institute.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez