verb
definition
To stabilize something; to prevent from shaking.
Examples of steadied in a Sentence
He steadied himself, pulling upright until he was sure of his footing.
Yully swallowed hard and steadied herself.
The needle was smaller than she remembered needles being, and she steadied her breathing before plunging it into his arm.
Instead of answering, she raised her arm and steadied her breath, as if she were holding a handgun.
He couldn't catch his balance and steadied himself against a rock.
Unable to understand or control the strange sensations, she tried to help right herself as the hands gripping her ribcage steadied her.
Brady's tranquility steadied her, and she searched through the box.
His shove almost drove her to her knees again. She steadied herself and looked up in time to see him disappear into the jungle. Fear made her heart pound. The strange path he'd been following appeared ahead of her, revealing itself only a few steps at a time. She started at a walk and quickened to a jog, making sure the path wouldn't close and trip her. The path kept up with her, and she ran.
By midmorning, Deidre was free. Katie grimaced as she wrapped the dismembered sleeves of her sweater around her wounds. Blood soaked the sweater quickly, and she held it over her head. Even before she stood, she felt woozy. Deidre tested herself and limped a few feet. Katie steadied her breathing to keep from dropping to her knees.
He stopped and steadied himself, focusing on Carmen first, and then on Lori.
The Watcher steadied her.
A question which has met with a good deal of attention is whether the speculation, which has been encouraged by the various arrangements made for facilitating operations in " futures," has steadied or unsteadied prices.
In some cases the whole construction was further steadied and strengthened by cross beams, notched into the piles below the supports of the platform.
On the other hand, when the bottom was rocky so that the piles could not be driven, they were steadied at their bases by being enveloped in a mound of loose stones, in the manner in which the foundations of piers and breakwaters are now constructed.
When erect, the mast is steadied by means of three guy ropes.
Then the bottom being regulated so as to leave the soil rather highest in the centre, the plant is to be set in the hole in the position desired, and steadied there by hand.
Of Christianity he always spoke in the mocking tone of the "enlightened" philosophers, regarding it as the invention of priests; but it is noteworthy that after the Seven Years' War, the trials of which steadied his character, he sought to strengthen the church for the sake of its elevating moral influence.
Oats remain the staple grain crop, and barley, though fluctuating from year to year, is steadied by the demands of the distillers.
By October the cakes are dry and fairly solid, and are then packed in chests, which are divided into two tiers of twenty square compartments for the reception of as many cakes, which are steadied by a packing of loose poppy trash.'
She'd long suppressed fear, knowing there was one way to Rhyn, and it was with Gabriel. Unless Rhyn got himself killed first. Then she wasn't sure what she'd do. One hand went to her stomach, where their child grew. Her emotions started to surge again, but she pushed them down with her fear and steadied her breathing.
Resolve steadied her despite the impatient demon crawling within her.
Marriott steadied the innings with some classy shots and his partnership with Egre restored some belief.
Mike Mcgowan as ever steadied the ship with 22 and was unlucky to be out.
The child's feet are held between the parent's thighs and steadied with the parent's other arm.
Jade gasped for a moment and steadied himself.
He steadied her with his hands on her hips.
She pushed away from him, stumbled and then swatted his hand away as he steadied her.
She steadied her breathing and checked her phone.
He couldn.t catch his balance and steadied himself against a rock.
She stood, transfixed on his eyes for a moment, then steadied herself and said, "I'll do better than that; I'll take you there."
She steadied her breathing, swearing to herself that these would be the last to die at her father's hands.
Yully steadied her breathing and obeyed, taking comfort in the power of the site.
She paused, afraid of where this doorway led, and steadied her breathing before stepping through, at once disoriented to appear in a small kindergarten class.
Finally he steadied himself enough to respond.
He steadied himself with his hands on his knees for a moment, panting; then opened a bottle and started to drink, fast; desperate to find oblivion.
He steadied her with one hand, and a second later the cool dampness of the shadow world swallowed her.
The flight steadied out, and they flew for an hour over the Appalachian landscape.