industriousness
Example Sentences
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No-one doubts the extraordinary drive and industriousness of the Vietnamese people, nor To Lam's determination to break out of the middle income trap.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
By then many Americans were deeply familiar with Franklin’s maxims about the importance of industriousness, thrift and self-reliance, which he published annually in “The Poor Richard’s Almanack” from 1732 to 1757.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
One likely reason for Americans’ sleeplessness is cultural — a longstanding emphasis on industriousness and productivity.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024
Constable wanted to give landscape subjects the stature of history painting so he constructed nature as a historical motif of English industriousness.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2023
And my mother’s education was the product of the riots of 1937 and the industriousness of Mr. Chance.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
