Sentence examples for over steadfastly from inspiring English sources

Lincoln was a moderate, attempting to bridge the gap between the abolitionist Radical Republicans and conservative Democrats, including those in the slave-holding states, whom he hoped would choose preserving the Union over steadfastly defending slavery.

After saying in April that the worst of the credit crisis was over, he has steadfastly refused to take a licking in order to put Lehman's problems in the past.

Amid the profusion of titles, one hierarchy has remained, over centuries, steadfastly simple, that of the Roman Catholic Church: priest and bishop, under the sovereignty of the pope.

But the French authority said that Google had steadfastly refused to turn over the full source code for software used in gathering the Street View data.

The governor ordered McClellan to turn over his expedition logbooks, but McClellan steadfastly refused, most likely because of embarrassing personal comments that he had made throughout.

The candidates running to take over the Democratic National Committee have, so far, steadfastly avoided the topic, even as it divides their own party.

Over the years, Connors steadfastly refused to discuss the match.

For over 20 years, Diana steadfastly advocated for passengers' right to nontoxic conditions aboard airplanes.

Diaper ads typically are earnest, fawning over babies and remaining steadfastly euphemistic about function, typically pouring blue liquid into diapers to demonstrate absorbency.

Steadfastly unheeded over the institutional stage (a handy space for the Mousetrap performance) is that demoralising cold bath of a motto "Mens sana in corpore sano".

Over the decades Michael Silberkleit and Richard Goldwater steadfastly refused to introduce the worldlier and darker elements of teenage life, like sex and drugs and violence, into the Archie storylines.