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
"I was obliged to be industrious," he said.
From Time Magazine Archive
How could I pretend to be industrious, and even carry dramatisation to the point of learning my lessons, when my sisters were there and knew that I was nothing of the kind?
From The Trembling of the Veil by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
