company man

Example Sentences

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The elder Picard, at his core, is a company man through and through, and even in trying to guide Jack, all roads lead back to Starfleet, despite its being obviously not a good fit.

From New York Times

“From the roustabout, to the company man, to the engineer on these jobs, everybody puts their lives in danger,” he said.

From Seattle Times

He was a company man who accepted, without public rancor, the front-office plot to replace him with Jimmy Rodgers, a longtime Celtics assistant.

From New York Times

These days, of course, he is a company man to the hilt: handcuffed to a job and an opportunity he must know will come once and never again.

From The Guardian

“My dad was a GE company man to the T,” she said.

From Seattle Times