working person

Example Sentences

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There was something for everyone in this, as Hart, the hardest working person in comedy, has become famous for.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

“There’s nothing harder for a working person than seeing that the result of the work has been destroyed,” said the manager, who has worked at this station for 27 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

You can keep contributing to a Roth IRA as the spouse of a working person, because the main rule for the contributions is that they have to come from earned income.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026

"She was beautiful, and she was the hardest working person I'd ever met," he said.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025

The watchman had not particularly noticed; he should say a working person; to the best of his belief, he had a dust-coloured kind of clothes on, under a dark coat.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens