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How to use unsteady in a sentence

13 example sentences · adjective, verb

Unsteady means not held firmly in position; physically unstable. Example: “A slightly unsteady item of furniture.”

Examples of unsteady by meaning

adjectiveNot held firmly in position; physically unstable.

  • A slightly unsteady item of furniture.

More sentences with unsteady

  • Is my bike wheel true? It feels unsteady.From the entry true
  • He was growing unsteady as the blows landed, and that final right hook finished him — he was out cold.From the entry out cold
  • It’s not uncommon for Singapore’s F&B landscape to shift in an almost rapid and unsteady fashion.2024 April 14, Daniel Peters, “In Memoriam: Our Makan Places Lost to Time”, in ricemedia.co, archived from the original on 17 May 2025. From the entry makan
  • She'd be unsteady on her feet or, to put it Gayle's way, wearing wobbly boots.2002, Beverley Harper, Jackal's Dance. From the entry wobbly boots
  • The drink was beginning to tell on them; she felt quite unsteady and all-overish.1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 694. From the entry all-overish
  • Without electrical power for lighting, kids may fall into the deep pits of the latrines through broken or unsteady floorboards.2024 February 17 (last accessed), Jenny Morber, “Scientists turn pee into power in Uganda”, in Upworthy Science, archived from the…. From the entry toilet
  • The Kelsos crowding their horses up against the wagon, bumping it, making things shake inside: everything going shifty, unsteady.2002, Guy Vanderhaeghe, chapter 17, in The Last Crossing, New York: Grove, page 190. From the entry shifty
  • The dim, chalky lighting and unsteady camera movements.1988 February 7, K. Kotik, “When A Soap Isn't A Soap”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 29, page 7. From the entry chalky
  • Sara, microwaving a naanwich, had answered with a breathy, unsteady voice, as if winded from weeks of preparing her greeting's cheery nonchalance.2016, Dylan Hicks, Amateurs: A Novel. From the entry naanwich
  • These experiences left him with a rather unsteady control over his angry impulses, particularly when denied oral gratification such as a drink of liquor.1980, Waud Kracke, “The Complementarity of Social and Psychological Regularities: Leadership as a Mediating Phenomenon”, in Ethos, volume…. From the entry oral gratification
  • Scott was a little unsteady now and he looked at people out of the side of his eyes with a certain belligerency.1964, Ernest Hemingway, “Scott Fitzgerald”, in A Moveable Feast, New York: Scribner, page 173. From the entry belligerency
  • But deep inside his clammy right hand, which was clutching a handful of shiny black horse hair that had been woven into the back of Daphne's unsteady head.2012, F.W. Brooks, The Tithes of March: A Novel by F.W. Brooks, →ISBN. From the entry spew

Meaning of unsteady

  1. adjective Not held firmly in position; physically unstable.
  2. adjective Lacking regularity or uniformity.
  3. adjective Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior.

Full definition of unsteady

Questions about unsteady in a sentence

How do you use unsteady in a sentence?
Unsteady is used as an adjective and verb. For example: “A slightly unsteady item of furniture.”
What is a short sentence with unsteady?
“A slightly unsteady item of furniture.”
What does unsteady mean?
Unsteady means not held firmly in position; physically unstable.

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