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
There is no powerful class between the noble and the serf or slave; and whilst this state of things endures, Poland can never be independent, because she can never be industrious, and therefore never wealthy.
From Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Knight, Charles
