Steadiness In A Sentence

Definition of Steadiness

• And she weaved back and forth as she drove the paddle with the steadiness of a machine.
• He supported her with absolute steadiness while she drank, not uttering a word.
• She pressed her hands to her eyes and tried to force a calm steadiness into her soul.
• The blade thus lying laterally on the water very much increases the steadiness of the occupants.
• In general steadiness of diving and control and in under-water handling we were always ahead.
• There is more steadiness in the price of sugar, and a greater certainty of an average crop.
• They give steadiness to his labor, and they enable him to go through it with comparative ease.
• Their leaders, on the other hand, urged the necessity of steadiness and prudence.
• Moreover, his natural steadiness seemed to come back to him as the hour drew near.
• The steadiness of the tone, the resolve in his face, excited a certain curiosity.
• There is no steadiness in that man, no solidity, no reliability, no possible fidelity in him.
• She had felt an inner quiet, a steadiness within; there was power in it, and consolation.
• The British suffered terribly from the first, but their steadiness was never lost for a moment.
• There were fewer of us needed; but I still held my place, and my steadiness gave me a position.
• But how ridiculous the position of the women who prided themselves on the steadiness and continuity of their service!
• I can justify the refusal to adopt this policy only by the steadiness and consistency of my adhesion to my own.
• The captain mounted the gangplank with a steadiness that disproved my first suspicion of his having been on a drunk.
• Here again a reader of character might have found something significant in the steadiness of the man.
• The people are magnanimous, but they understand by magnanimity a courageous steadiness in principle.
• The steadiness of her voice as she thus placed the heart of the matter before him brought him a certain relief.
• Psychophysical prophylaxis may secure steadiness of equilibrium to a system which inherited little resistance.
• He leaned against the smooth wall of yew, looking down at her with an impressive steadiness of gaze.
• A pleasing preparation this for steadiness of hand, calculated to encourage the play of imagination!

• Measures of steadiness in prices.
• His coolness and steadiness were marvellous.
• A cold steadiness settled over her.
• Effect of speculation on steadiness of prices.
• With absolute steadiness he drew it down over her face.
• He drew himself up with military steadiness as he spoke.
• But there was a steadiness in it, a calm.
• The steadiness of his gaze made her wonder.
• A watch must move with steadiness and regularity.
• Attracted by the steadiness of his gaze, she raised her eyes to his.
• Cahill was watching him with a terrible steadiness and a soul-searing clarity.
• Everybody talked gushingly of my splendid courage and my steadiness of hand.
• The steadiness of her movement proclaimed a thing intelligently driven.
• But he lacked steadiness and perseverance, and nothing prospered with him.
• With the utmost steadiness he made his stroke, scoring two points.
• The steadiness of her low voice suggested a certain steadiness of design....
• Miss Hammond looked at me with a steadiness of gaze under which my eyes sank.