How to Use industrious in a Sentence

industrious

adjective

• He is an industrious worker.
• That's because industrious Virgo is born at the time of the year when the harvest comes out.
  — Mairi Beautyman, ELLE Decor, 4 Jan. 2016
• And this is where the industrious beavers come into play.
  — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 25 July 2024
• But this is a business where, even before the pandemic, teams learned to be industrious to stay in the black.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 June 2021
• But in the case of industrious filmmaker Ti West, 41, the movie love goes deeper than most.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2022
• But the industrious Veblens—with the help of the odd bank loan—soon established themselves.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, The New York Review of Books, 5 Jan. 2021
• In the PacBio machine, the laser light peeks into the hole just enough to put a spotlight on that industrious little enzyme.
  — Kyle Peterson, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2018
• And no one took advantage of that path more than the ever industrious Charles Young.
  — Nneka M. Okona, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 June 2020
• Any number of reasons could explain the absence, like the new pond that formed along the stream, thanks to an industrious group of local beavers.
  — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022
• He was known as an industrious worker who'd have a smile on his face and a cheerful air about him, Bormann said.
  — Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2020
• From that first Twitter bot sprung a slew of others, all thanks to a pack of industrious sneakerheads who knew their way around a bit of code.
  — Scott Christian, Esquire, 26 May 2017
• These bakers brought industrious spirits and a taste of Afghanistan with them to India.
  — Shefali Rafiq, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 May 2022
• Sense prevails near the 4th, and the full Moon of the 6th is about being industrious and harmonizing with others.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 1 Apr. 2023
• Perhaps a meal had been in the making by an industrious housewife.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
• For the high-income, success also owes to our (better, more industrious) selves, not to our stars.
  — Jeff Fuhrer, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023
• John was an industrious man and was known to be able to repair, refurbish, and build anything.
  — courant.com, 25 July 2019
• Last summer saw the falling of the brambles before the axes of men, saw the reclamation of the old house by industrious women.
  — Jamie Hale, OregonLive.com, 20 June 2017
• This time, the action kicks off not with industrious good cheer but with a sly dig at the opening of every superhero saga—the black screen, the ominous score, and so forth.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2017
• This is yet another way to truly stand with the brave and industrious Ukrainian people and our allies around the world.
  — NBC News, 9 Mar. 2022
• In these moments, Karen was industrious and elated, keen to rebuild her life.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2023
• For a vast swath of the American public, Iacocca was the face, the voice and the symbol of the car business in Detroit at its most resourceful and industrious.
  — Bart Barnes, The Denver Post, 2 July 2019
• For a vast swath of the American public, Mr. Iacocca was the face, the voice and the symbol of the car business in Detroit at its most resourceful and industrious.
  — Bart Barnes, Washington Post, 2 July 2019
• Thanks to the efforts of these industrious volunteers, fresh corn is in abundance throughout area food banks.
  — Melissa Whatley, baltimoresun.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• While this is normally a grounding and industrious time, this year’s is happening in the thick of eclipse season.
  — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
• Petra is the legacy of the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled in southern Jordan more than 2,000 years ago.
  — Jim Berkeley, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
• Petra is the legacy of the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled in southern Jordan more than 2,000 years ago.
  — Jim Berkeley, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
• In fact, 19 out of 20 walked out of the frog, unharmed, within an hour, although one industrious beetle bolted out in just five minutes.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2024
• Your industrious spirit gives you a big assist in putting the finishing touches on projects and chores before time runs out.
  — Magi Helena, oregonlive, 9 Jan. 2020
• Holden went to high school with my son, Sean, and is an aspiring filmmaker, industrious and ambitious.
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
• From iconic street foods to the cutting edge of gastronomy, the culinary landscape of Chicago is a tapestry of the city’s innovative spirit, tumultuous history and industrious immigrant communities.
  — Anna Lee Iijima, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024