unsteadily

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

“Kill Move Paradise” moves unsteadily as a stage poem, though there’s clearly more at stake than artistic finesse.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024

On Wednesday morning one crewman carried an umbrella up the gangway that the migrants unsteadily walked down last week, some of them met by stretchers and health workers with foil blankets.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2023

A battlefield ambulance speeds by unsteadily, its caterpillar tracks ploughing up the ground, and spraying pools of sludge as it struggles for grip.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2023

The red-feathered one with the hurt back flew unsteadily down Glisan Street and out of sight.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan