hardworking
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hardworking
Example Sentences
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Yet no amount of investigation is going to bring back a loving husband and a hardworking father of five children.
From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026
And thank God for that, because don’t us hardworking women deserve a break from having to control everything?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
"Stephen Miller has faithfully served President Trump for years because he's intelligent, hardworking, and loyal," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told the BBC.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026
Some readers imagine Kafka’s protagonist, Gregor Samsa, a hardworking salesman in a city that seems analogous to Kafka’s native Prague, has morphed into a cockroach.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Some of them portrayed her as a hardworking immigrant who had come in search of opportunity and had been overcome—temporarily, her supporters insisted—by the obstacles and the odds.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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