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Industriously alive people in their 70s or 80s or '90s abound everywhere.

From Time Magazine Archive

Industriously did Lannigan apply such simple remedies as he had at hand.

From Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle by Ford, Sewell

All this Summer was spent in a great many Marches after the French, to bring them to a Battle, but they Industriously and Artfully declin'd it.

From A Short Narrative of the Life and Actions of His Grace John, D. of Marlborogh by Defoe, Daniel

Industriously watering the plants was a sturdy bhisti, or water-carrier.

From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis

Industriously licking the broken wrapper of a cheap cigar and rolling it fondly under his forefinger, he was making his way unostentatiously toward Du Sang.

From Whispering Smith by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)