assiduities

I left no stone unturned to be of service to them, without being taken in by their interested assiduities.

To escape their assiduities Descartes, who prized solitude before all things, fled the country.

She hummed a soft little tune, and for the first time submitted patiently to the assiduities of the experienced waiting-woman.

The little creature seemed sensible of their assiduities, but it was wofully overpowered by sickness.

When she treated him with affability, he grew bolder in his assiduities, and she was again obliged to be more severe.