She returned it, trying not to let her dutifulness show.

But along the way, in the middle of all that dutifulness, children sometimes seem to have fun at it, too.

But I also confess that very often, an hour or so into one of them, impatience began warring with dutifulness.

Consequently, the exhibition lands with an awful thud of dutifulness.

But in all dutifulness there is a bonus.

Discipline and dutifulness were parts of his life.

The examples we choose should stress simple dutifulness.

There is a ban on canine pets, and the police are seen enforcing it with typical dutifulness.

This Eichmann actually expects to be admired for his dutifulness as a soldier and administrator.

My mother was true samurai, her dutifulness to her husband exceeded everything."

Without questioning the dutifulness of the Copernicus personnel, I am to see that you send no word to them or anyone else.

Although overcoached to the point of dutifulness, she was as correct as her partner.

The tone was enthusiastic enough, but the enthusiasm was tempered by an undue dutifulness.

(Stylistic dutifulness is the bane of much contemporary blues singing.)

Now she is in her late 50's, and a lifetime of dutifulness and a personal tragedy are weighing heavily on her mind.

This sense is equivalent to "dutifulness".

She knew everyone watched her carefully, not knowing how to interpret her steady dutifulness, not crediting that it would last.

Everybody was highly impressed with the student of discipline, dutifulness, sincerity, character and spirit of sacrifice prevalent in the school atmosphere.

"Whatever I resented - the superstition, obstinacy, relentless dutifulness and rigid Catholicism - in some way established my standards," he said.

The Russian peasant culture and the dutifulness it evokes in its people is represented in Nijinska's piece.

Vidura is held to be a paragon of truth, dutifulness, impartial judgement and steadfast dharma.

Detachment from worldy concerns, spirituality, concentration, dutifulness, honesty, sincerity and constancy will be emphasised.

Hasjarl answered only a snarl, but the pale youth said sweetly, "My brother is ever a baroque pearl of dutifulness."

As played by Mr. Baldwin with more dutifulness than excitement, Bobby is a hunter who's less interesting than his prey.

Bullying husbands, lovers who drove them to suicide, tyrannical fathers who forced them into lives of sexual renunciation and daughterly dutifulness.