industriousness

Example Sentences

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No-one doubts the extraordinary drive and industriousness of the Vietnamese people, nor To Lam's determination to break out of the middle income trap.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

By then many Americans were deeply familiar with Franklin’s maxims about the importance of industriousness, thrift and self-reliance, which he published annually in “The Poor Richard’s Almanack” from 1732 to 1757.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Constable wanted to give landscape subjects the stature of history painting so he constructed nature as a historical motif of English industriousness.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2023

State media celebrated the industriousness of the 1,000 workers who toiled without vacations this spring to finish one of the world’s largest coal-fired power plants in southeastern China in time for summer.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2023

And my mother’s education was the product of the riots of 1937 and the industriousness of Mr. Chance.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell