hard-working
Example Sentences
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Environment, Food and Agriculture Minister Clare Barber said fuel costs are "a real and significant pressure for our hard-working farming and fishing businesses".
From BBC • May 27, 2026
“At the end of the day, I’m running to level the playing field for hard-working people, regardless of who they are, regardless of where they live in the state,” Esteves told Salon.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026
"My father was a hard-working man doing a respectable job," Hoque said.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
"It was a pleasure to manage them. What's great is they haven't changed. They're exactly the same today; loyal, hard-working people. When I see what they're doing at Arsenal, I'm very proud."
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
Hatun described his time laboring on the roads and bridges, and how some of the men had been hard-working while others were lazy.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
