steady
adjective
firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium.
are steadying
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present progressiveof steady.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The lucidity of his body and the music that it produces are steadying forces in an unpredictable space.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2023
Taiwan is battling a cluster of domestic infections, almost all of them due to the previously globally dominant Alpha variant, though numbers are steadying and the outbreak has been comparatively small.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 26, 2021
Russian oil firms, which received a windfall when their operating costs tumbled along with the rouble, are steadying themselves for a tax rise.
From Economist ● Mar. 17, 2016
Algeria, meanwhile, are steadying themselves after their early shock and go close with a corner.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2010
We are steadying down and swinging longer, and I am conscious that the other crew are rowing a faster stroke.
From Rowing by Rudolf Chambers Lehmann
