Example Sentences

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I have in my head an image of my own mother, nearing 90, who moves unsteadily, even with her walker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 11, 2025

A video aired on Arab TV showed Father Gabriel walking unsteadily and checking on a man on a stretcher at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, where those injured are being treated.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2025

Then continue, as “impossibly, without anyone moving him, he bent forward and climbed unsteadily onto his little nubbin legs. The empty sleeve of his puppet hole hung behind him like a tail.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2023

Others thudded down or alighted unsteadily, their wings dipping.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2022

I ignore his offer of a hand up and get to my feet unsteadily.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins