hard-working

adjective

1. (of a person) industrious; diligent

Example Sentences

Mr Claydon's father, Clive, paid a tribute to his son, describing him as a "lovely bloke" and a "hard-working family man".

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The Roots, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Dec. 31 Three decades after they broke out of the Philadelphia hip-hop scene, Questlove and Black Thought’s hard-working hip-hop outfit is one the most reliable live acts in music: a crowd-pleasing soul-funk groove machine equally at home at a music festival, a supper club or on the set of “The Tonight Show,” where the Roots somehow still seem to be having fun as Jimmy Fallon’s house band.

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“Many of our friends and family, our neighbors and fellow parishioners, are afraid and anxious. These are good, hard-working men and women, people of faith, people who have been in this country for a long time and are making important contributions to our economy.”

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Yet whenever Americans leave their houses, they see their country full of conscientious, smart, hard-working people, some of whom already work in politics at the state and local level.

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“It is incredibly unfair to expect hard-working, patriotic American air traffic controllers and their families to bear the full burden of policy disagreements in Congress,” Daniels said.

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Related Words

• aggressive 
• alive 
• bold 
• busy 
• determined 
• diligent 
• dynamic 
• eager 
• energetic 
• engaged 
• enthusiastic 
• forceful 
• intense 
• keen 
• lively 
• quick 
• ready 
• resolute