keel

Example Sentences

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All the news—every bit of it—suggests Canada finding its way back to an even keel.

From The Wall Street Journal

The only way to deploy this exhausting strategy without keeling over is to be fit.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dad keels forward in his chair like he’s about to faint.

From Literature

It keeled over with a shriek of metal and hit the next lamppost, which collapsed sideways into the next.

From Literature

She said there need to be "some real fundamental changes from within" but that "someone needs to steady the ship, someone needs to get it back on an even keel".

From BBC