He was a diligent student and a precocious professional.

His manner, though, smacks less of the diligent student than the anarchic votary.

Thus deprived of the power of vigorous bodily activity, he became a great reader and diligent student.

She was a very diligent student both in elementary school and in high school.

He was not a particularly diligent student and had to repeat the sixth grade.

A masterpiece, whether in art, athletics, or the classroom, seems to emerge only out of long hours of hard work and diligent study.

After many years of diligent study, she achieved a level of enlightenment equal to his.

Her superior intelligence combined with diligent study left her exceedingly well-versed in all the arts and sciences, and in philosophy.

Poetry was to them a mechanical art that could be learned through diligent study, not something relying on divine inspiration.

Her diligent studies informed both her fiction and her historical writing, contributing to her success as a writer.

After two years of diligent work, we were confronted by an embarrassment of riches.

Whilst there, he reduced the waiting time from 9 months to less than 2 months due to his diligent work ethic.

Its intricate embroidery required many hours of diligent work by the dressmakers.

An emancipist could be released from his or her sentence for good behaviour, diligent work, or the expiration of his or her sentence.

His diligent work results in a major expansion of the library's collection, and he also helps a number of prisoners earn equivalency diplomas.

He was a diligent worker, but his job gave him little opportunity to pursue his artistic interests.

A keen observer and most diligent worker, he was extremely temperamental apt to be completely downcast at one moment and thoroughly joyful soon afterwards.

Throughout the film he's portrayed as a diligent worker, doing thankless tasks and accepting criticism stoically.

For twenty-eight years he was a diligent worker for the daily press.

He was a diligent worker and made sure that he read out his work to a lot of people in order to get their feedback and response.