Example Sentences

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Steadied by Joey Daccord’s 36 saves and lifted by Matty Beniers’ goal and two assists, the Kraken beat the Bruins, 4-1.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2024

Steadied by 66-year-old manager Brian Snitker, an organization man for four decades, the underdog Braves won the franchise’s fourth title.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2021

Steadied by reassuring news this week from the Federal Reserve and receding fears of collapse from China Evergrande Group, the Dow Jones industrial average jumped 506.50 points, or 1.5 percent, to close at 34,764.82.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2021

Steadied by Haley, Cameron braced himself, and, at exactly the right moment, stiffened his left arm with the whole weight of his body behind it.

From Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail by Connor, Ralph

Steadied by the regular whirl of its great blades and driven by tiny rocket jets in the tip of each wing, the whirlybird swung down like a huge mosquito hovering over a swamp patch.

From The Secret of the Ninth Planet by Wollheim, Donald Allen