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Example sentences for "unsteadiness"

Lexicographically close words:
unstamped; unstandardized; unstarched; unsteadied; unsteadily; unsteady; unstimulating; unstinted; unstirred; unstirring
  1. Any unsteadiness that occurs in the light produced is consequent on unsteadiness of the current, or impurities in the carbons, &c.

  2. The instructor should be very careful in cautioning his pupil to diminish the speed of her horse by degrees and in the manner above described, especially avoiding any sudden pull at him, or any unsteadiness of the hands.

  3. Harvey's heart was full; and the unsteadiness that marked his words was not from any lack of sympathy and purpose.

  4. No doubt his unsteadiness is nervousness and not vice, and is the result of an accident.

  5. The artificiality of side-saddle riding extends even to the horse, which must be free from certain faults, such as unsteadiness in mounting, that would not render him unsuitable to carry a male rider.

  6. He tried to dispel the unsteadiness of his emotions, the swiftly growing discomfort of a great anxiety.

  7. The subjects of such symptoms often suffered from weakness and unsteadiness in movement for some days or weeks; a sharp line of discrimination between such cases and those described in the next paragraphs is manifestly impossible.

  8. The Fathers call it the[197] Palsy, because of his Instability, and Unsteadiness in Faith and Principles, which is now the Case of Mankind.

  9. The latter idea was suggested by a certain unsteadiness that would appear to indicate both love and liquor.

  10. He walked up the deck with a certain apparent unsteadiness of gait.

  11. Yet even when he spoke again, there was still a certain unsteadiness in his voice.

  12. He made no effort to hide either the tears which filled his eyes or the unsteadiness of his voice.

  13. There was no longer either unsteadiness or anger in his voice.

  14. I knew by the unsteadiness of his movements that he was weak and ill, but the first sound of his voice as he called me anxiously was perfectly reassuring.

  15. This also produces the shimmering or unsteadiness of star images in the telescope, that interferes so greatly with accurate measurements of angles or observations of planetary markings.

  16. It is to be free of the dust and impurities as well as the unsteadiness of the lower atmosphere, that observatories are built at high altitudes whenever possible.

  17. There was even a slight unsteadiness in her voice as she evaded: "I haven't seen Bruce Greyson since last winter," then maddened at her own lack of poise she looked up with frank defiance.

  18. There was a hint of unsteadiness in his voice when he finally spoke.

  19. Many of Leonardo's later admirers have attempted to wipe off the stain of unsteadiness from his character.

  20. It is evident that the buying of cotton on the principles suggested would be calculated to cause great unsteadiness of prices, especially as cotton is not continuously forthcoming, but is produced periodically in harvests.

  21. But the point need not be discussed further here, since both percentage and absolute indices of unsteadiness have risen of late years.

  22. It will be easy to solve this objection, if we consider the agility and unsteadiness of the imagination, with the different views, in which it is continually placing its objects.

  23. There must be no halting and unsteadiness of purpose, no looking back to the deceitful things of the world.

  24. Her voice exhibited the first unsteadiness the Kid had ever heard in it.

  25. These must be chiefly, if not wholly, effects of the unsteadiness and injustice with which a factious spirit has tainted our public administrations.

  26. An individual who is observed to be inconstant to his plans, or perhaps to carry on his affairs without any plan at all, is marked at once, by all prudent people, as a speedy victim to his own unsteadiness and folly.

  27. He was withal a generous-minded man of strong parts, but the career for which nature fitted him was irreparably injured by the unsteadiness of his political course.

  28. The same unsteadiness has entered as a striking feature in the public career of Mr. Schurz.

  29. The underlying cause was of course, as at Long Island and Brandywine, the unsteadiness of raw troops, and Washington felt rightly, after the first sting had passed, that he had really achieved a great deal.

  30. The Americans lost, also, by the unsteadiness of new troops when the unexpected happens, and when the panic-bearing notion that they are surprised and likely to be surrounded comes upon them with a sudden shock.

  31. It is worth while to pause a moment and compare this battle with the rout of Long Island, the surprise at the Brandywine, and the fatal unsteadiness at Germantown.

  32. These causes of unsteadiness occur in self-bows as well as in backed bows, and are felt in the shape of a jar or kick in the hand when loosed.

  33. This unsteadiness from want of balance in the limbs may be cured by a visit of the bow to the maker for such fresh tillering (as it is called) as will correct the fault of one or other limb.

  34. If the unsteadiness arise from excessive reflexity, which cannot be reduced by use, a further tapering of the limbs must be adopted.

  35. Lass," he whispered, with a huskiness and unsteadiness unnatural to his deep voice.

  36. The old listlessness, the unsteadiness had vanished.

  37. This punishment was given usually on account of unsteadiness in the ranks or in the class-rooms, for not being brushed clean on parade, or for any minor offence, according to the fancy of the corporal.


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "unsteadiness" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.