How to Use studious in a Sentence

studious

adjective
  • He made a studious effort to obey the rules.
  • On-yin, the more studious of their two sons, knows some of it by heart as well.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 23 July 2024
  • Willy and his boys ridicule Bernard for being a studious nerd.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Thomas is known as one of the smartest and most studious defenders in the league.
    Steven Ruiz, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2017
  • In other words, going with your studious gut.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Described as a well-rounded and studious student who is well liked by her peers.
    Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Gabriela is smart and studious and describes herself as not very social.
    Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
  • While the atmosphere on the set was studious, there wasn’t a hint of tension.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
  • His fine-art work, as seen over the past year, is sentimental and studious.
    Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2020
  • The judges will be looking for studious and goofy kids on March 20 in the gym.
    High School Columnist, NOLA.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • There is no sign that Pumphrey, a thoughtful, studious player, has done that.
    Les Bowen, Philly.com, 25 Aug. 2017
  • The endpoint is his studious nature.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The books were gone, and the studious quiet that once filled the space had turned into a heavy silence.
    Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
  • In the early part of their dataset, there were few enough books around that a studious person could read, well, most of them.
    Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2012
  • The iron body is wrapped in leather and finished in aged brass for a luxurious yet studious feel.
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 23 Jan. 2026
  • He was widely known there as a studious, generally strait-laced young man.
    New York Times, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Kenneth was next, brainy and studious, but also kind of a jock—a picture of success from a very young age.
    Edward Enninful, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The Zombies were very studious guys and never got into any trouble.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
  • This fall/winter, be sincere, be self-serious, be studious.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Kim, soft-spoken with an easy smile, was a studious kid growing up in a border town near China.
    Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2020
  • Leaders normally maintain a studious silence when the vote isn’t on their turf.
    Griff Witte, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2017
  • Villanueva, who wore thick glasses and had a studious demeanor, was known as a flecha derecha, a straight arrow.
    The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
  • Since then, Moses has remained trim through studious attention to his diet.
    Karen Rosen, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Growing up in Oviedo, Letizia was a studious, high-spirited girl.
    Leah McLaren, Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2014
  • The long, studious shadows at nightfall were too much for a slightly glossy city boy to appreciate.
    Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
  • Mullen described Suzie as a beautiful, studious teenager who was kind to other girls in her school.
    Annie Sciacca, The Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2019
  • With the latter and much more well in mind, banks are studious about not finding themselves on the wrong side of regulators.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Talulah Riley in the background there, was much more sort of serious and studious.
    Anaja I. Smith, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Gentry stars as Alex, the kind and studious boy who's the polar opposite of Cole.
    EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Her boyfriend and her father described Zhang as bright and studious, fun-loving and outgoing.
    Michael Tarm and Didi Tang, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2017

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