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 Lehmann, Rudolf Chambers