steady-going
Example Sentences
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Shoulder to shoulder fought the witty, opportunist youngsters who follow David Lloyd George, and the grave, steady-going oldsters who, like Lord Grey, are chiefly composed of moral fibres.
From Time Magazine Archive
Impartial House observers rate him thus: A steady-going unimaginative legislator, he possesses qualities which regular Republicans consider sterling.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just before Christmas in 1886, Harriette Flora, aged 17, married a steady-going 19-year-old Arkansas country boy named Carl Raymond Gray.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week he acted up, scandalized most of his steady-going countrymen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ask my Cousin William, and he'll tell you that I'm a steady-going fellow.
From The Squire's Daughter by Hocking, Silas K(itto)
