How to Use industrious in a Sentence

industrious

adjective

• He is an industrious worker.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• His best days are likely behind him, and time will soon catch up with the industrious Willian, who relies heavily on his work rate and stamina.
  — SI.com, 17 Sep. 2019
• There must still be many ways for the industrious viewer to track down the originals, legally or otherwise.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2019
• In recent years local kingpins have been putting the industrious locals to new work: felling the hills’ forests to get at the coal, limestone, China clay and even gold underneath.
  — The Economist, 27 June 2019
• Gun sales were sizzling in the days leading up to Y2K, as industrious citizens planned in advance to meet the threat of violence with… the threat of violence.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2023
• In it, Florida and California promised a place in the sun for industrious Americans to live the good life, with the perfect climate.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2023
• The industrious birds will create acorn storage lockers out of utility poles, fence posts, and even the sides of wooden buildings.
  — Ernie Cowan Outdoors, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 Apr. 2018
• The image of the brown person keeping their head down, being industrious and productive, and not making a fuss is the image of the good colonial subject.
  — Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2021
• Above all, Evan is a hell of a reporter, industrious and energetic.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2023
• Then, when it could not be easily wiped off, my industrious husband took the abrasive side of a sponge to it, leaving scratches that looked like a bear had dragged its claws across the surface.
  — Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2021
• What might not come to mind is the skilled and industrious workforce behind that white-glove hospitality: the Pullman porters.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024