steady-going
Example Sentences
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But New Jersey's steady-going Governor Charles Edison put a stop to that.
From Time Magazine Archive
Impartial House observers rate him thus: a steady-going unimaginative partisan plodder, thoroughly conservative in his fiscal policies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week he acted up, scandalized most of his steady-going countrymen.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Ralph was a bit of a rake, but local opinion regarded William as a steady-going, domesticated man who would uphold the family traditions.
From The Bartlett Mystery by Tracy, Louis
