hardworking
industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
Origin of hardworking
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How to use hardworking in a sentence
“Edwin Morris Kocurek is a hard-working and loyal employee,” said his first evaluation, obtained through an open-records request.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired. | David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSuperman is America in that he was created by hard-working, exploited immigrants.
Superman Is Jewish: The Hebrew Roots of America's Greatest Superhero | Rich Goldstein | August 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“There are a lot of really hard-working, blue-collar people on this train,” she says.
Leaky Ceilings, Catcalls, and Uncaged Pythons: 4 Hours on NYC’s Worst Subway | Kevin Zawacki | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSuper dedicated and hard working, they represent the best of America in a city where the Statue of Liberty beckons.
Even supermodel of all supermodels Naomi Campbell has talked about Hadid, describing her as “hard-working.”
But Nell was something between a daughter and a wife to the hard working Doctor Stanley.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseAdamov was a typical scholar of the hard-working kind, yet at the same time he had sthetic aspirations and tastes.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyShe is, no doubt, utterly unaware of the real identity of this brisk, hard-working doctor.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxAnd now we are old, sensible, hard-working people; having given up all nonsense we are discovering the sense there is in sense.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. DrinkwaterThese privations fell especially hard upon those hard-working and much-enduring men, called camp-followers.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
British Dictionary definitions for hard-working
(of a person) industrious; diligent
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