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

But Jackson returned to New York the following year in a different production of “King Lear,” this one unsteadily directed by auteur Sam Gold.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 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

Then continue, as “impossibly, without anyone moving him, he bent forward and climbed unsteadily onto his little nubbin legs. The empty sleeve of his puppet hole hung behind him like a tail.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2023

He laughs unsteadily, like he expects I am going to laugh, too.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black