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He claimed sometimes he had touched their shoulders as he was "steadying himself" due to being unsteady on his feet because of his condition.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The 37-year-old got back to his feet but looked unsteady and referee Mike Beltran waved off the contest as he stumbled.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

“I think it’s a really good question,” said George Schultze, founder and CEO of Schultze Asset Management, when asked about the threat that an increasingly unsteady bond market might pose to stocks.

From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026

Inner-ear problems can also affect balance, and if someone is feeling dizzy or unsteady, they are likely to walk slower.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

After a time, they dug carefully to broaden the run and as the day wore on the does, each in turn, remained beside him, licking his wounds and listening to his low, unsteady breathing.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

From oil prices to regional alliances, the six-month-old conflict has defied expectations and unsteadied the global balance of power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

The challenge will be not getting unsteadied by meticulously curated opposing pitching plans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2024

I breathed out, took my foot off the gas, and the car quivered, unsteadied.

From The Verge ● Feb. 9, 2016

At the same time, he knows what it’s like to be unsteadied by professional disappointment – and, worse, to be toppled, outright, by personal tragedy.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 18, 2015

Marmont's guns unsteadied Zach's grenadiers: Desaix's men plied them with musketry; and while they were preparing for a last effort, Kellermann's heavy cavalry charged full on their flank.

From The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2) by John Holland Rose

Volckmer has said the subheading was kept off the cover “as a surprise” – making it the first of many unsteadying gear shifts in a monologue that sets out to unsettle.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2020

It is deeply unsteadying to ponder the possibility that Riefenstahl might have been both a considerable artist and a considerable Nazi.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 19, 2015

Their help in discovering and warning against the relationship between the vicious councils and deeds of blood, and their unsteadying influence upon the elements of unrest, can not fail to be of inestimable value.

From Model Speeches for Practise by Grenville Kleiser

Now she looked at him rather quizzically, though her young eyes reflected something of his own unsteadying embarrassment.

From Captivating Mary Carstairs by Raymond Moreau Crosby

But through all the young man's indignation and resentment there ran an unsteadying doubt, a miserable doubt of himself.

From Queed by Raymond Moreau Crosby