292 examples of hard-working in sentences

But the Doctor knew that Spelman was a hard-working man, and would rather have given him a little money than have pressed him for a penny.

He had been a good, hard-working servant, and I was glad to see him again.

In almost all cases they are hard-working men.

Folks will tell you that I'm a hard-working woman, and don't owe a copper to a soul!" Mathieu could not help looking at her to see how unblushingly she thus praised herself.

He has a large veneration for his own powers and thinks there are few sons of Adam like him in the Methodist world; still he is a hard-working, shrewd, clear-headed little man, a good preacher, with a deal of every day fun and sunshine in his heart, and calculated to take a considerably higher post than that which he now occupies.

CHAPTER VIII Lord Creedmore had begun life as a poor barrister, with no particular prospects, had entered the House of Commons early, and had been a hard-working member of Parliament till he had inherited a title and a relatively exiguous fortune when he was over fifty by the unexpected death of his uncle and both the latter's sons within a year.

I'm a pore, hard-working man, and my character's all I've got.'

"I had thoughtit had occurred to me," said Mr. Clarkson, trying to keep as near the truth as possible, "to leave my property to a friend o' mine a hard-working man with a large family.

The life of Airy was essentially that of a hard-working, business man, and differed from that of other hard-working people only in the quality and variety of his work.

he said, looking up from a thoughtful examination of the hard-working little citizens of the Industrial Community settled in Nan's work-basket.

A good and hard-working population.

Pepelaieff is a young general, not more than thirty, but looked a real hard-working soldier.

In fact more and more came to depend on the mothers, as with our own hard-working professional classes; and we have seen reason to believe that in the last age of the Republic the average mother was not too often a conscientious or dutiful woman.

"If your time were not too valuable to be devoted to a poor hard-working woman, I should have asked you to call on me.

A worthy and hard-working mechanic, sir," he continued, addressing the stranger "but a man who could never get the sun to shine in at his windows, though, Heaven knows, the glass is none too thick for such a blessing.

"Order!" cried Mrs. Gorman, thumping the arm of her chair with a large, hard-working fist.

God prospered the hard-working men who founded it; but, instead of appreciating His blessings, they regarded the wealth He gave them as their own; and they left it to their children.

When children came, as said before, our hard-working farmer found the living indoors harder, and the labour without heavier.

The hard-working carter or cattle-man, according to the union theory, is to lose his pay, his cottage, his garden, and get into bad odour with his employer, who previously trusted him, and was willing to give him assistance, in order that the day labourer who has no responsibilities either of his own or his master's, and who has already the best end of the stick, should enjoy still further opportunities for idleness.

Without ceasing to be coldly selfish and scandalously licentious king he became practical, hard-working, statesman-like king, jealous and disposed to govern by himself, but at the same time watchful and skilful in availing himself of the able advisers who, whether it were by a happy accident or by his own choice, were grouped around him.

Now comes your lover, a hard-working and sober young man, so you say, but earning only a small salary as a clerk.

Through many hard-working and virtuous years he had counted among the righteous men of the villagethe men whom the Almighty must needs reckon to the good whenever the score of Clinton Magna had to be made up.

They have been men of affairs first, with large practical ability, but with a deep strain of the man of letters which in this generation has outshone the other faculties; strong-headed and hard-working students, with powerful memories and fluent gifts of expression.

They seem to be industrious and hard-working, although less so than the Chinese.

Thus it came to pass that I lived a quiet, hard-working home life, while other boys of my age were going through the joyous experience of school, and chose my companions from the dusty shelves of some three or four gigantic book-cases, instead of from the class and the playground.

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