diligent

Example Sentences

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“I was wild and in the streets, not diligent in any way about anything, but I really loved it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

There was no diligent retailer in the Philippines who realized they overcharged you for an eBay or Amazon purchase you had forgotten you made years ago, and miraculously wanted to make you whole.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

In a report published last year the UK Covid Inquiry praised the former first minister as a "serious and diligent leader", but said she "often excluded" some government ministers and advisers from key discussions.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

I had to be more diligent about closing windows on the Neo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

On the side of knowing better were his mother and father, all the teachers he knew, the deacons from church, Booker T. Washington, and the diligent faculty of the Tuskegee Institute.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez