going steady
Example Sentences
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She started going steady with Tim, then just a quarterback and member of the French Club, in 1964; they married the following year, after Guibert became pregnant at 17.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2025
“We’ve been going steady here every other day since the start of the playoffs,” Eberle said.
From Washington Times • May 8, 2023
Sabrina’s cruising down the PA turnpike, going steady at 40 miles per hour.
From Slate • Jan. 29, 2022
"I mean, we were only kids. We were like 13. We were going steady when we started to see each other – that was a big deal then, you know?"
From Fox News • Feb. 7, 2021
On the second day of classes she met Billy Richardson, tall and handsome in the Clark Kent vein, and by the end of the month they were going steady.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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