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steadied and he managed to focus
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He felt the oily air pull him down but gradually steadied himself, finding a reserve of strength and clarity that allowed him to remain standing
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I steadied myself and apologised, but as they brushed past I was sure one of them gave me a nudge
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She tried to sidestep to keep from bumping into him but she lost her balance, James quickly reached out and steadied her by holding on to her arm
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the flat, where Big Al steadied his company of grey haired
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Handkerchiefs at the ready and resolved against using them the twins steadied themselves on Harry's arms for a moment longer, then escorted him to the boarding ladder
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His legs trembling as the walkway vibrated below his feet, Drua’d steadied himself and lumbered towards him
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' I said this to Finlay's departing back as I steadied myself up and went to change into my clothes
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The feeling steadied to an even platform
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After her vision steadied, Penelope could see the Guild Master on his knees in the snow, shaking and bleeding from his forehead and arms
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He shot back away from it and as he steadied himself, those ever keen eyes of his caught the perpetrators, the re-animators
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He took a deep breath, steadied himself and waited for it to begin
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Taking a deep breath, Dawn steadied her thrumming nerves, reaching out for the starter again
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Taking a deep breath, Terry steadied his nerves
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Feeling suddenly sick, he steadied himself against the building and bent over, spewing the contents of his stomach onto the road
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When I had steadied the door with my one hand and collected my things in the other, I got out of the car
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She steadied herself for a moment before beginning the three story descent to the ground below
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I half-lurched against his chest as he steadied me
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Catching hold of the straw either side of him, he steadied himself, taking deep, shuddering breaths
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He steadied a hand against the burned window frame and peered at the shimmering image of the tug and barge seemingly unmoving across the wide expanse of harbor
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She steadied herself against Raul and unleashed a kick that caught the skinny one right in the nuts
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I stumbled down and Jade steadied me, then changed her mind and helped me sit
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I stumbled as I stood, misjudging my height and the distance of the floor, and Jade caught and steadied me
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Resisting the urge to kick it, Trevor floated nearer still and steadied himself against a plinth
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Taking his face between my hands, I steadied his head and tried to search his eyes
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May you be steadied as you go
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He steadied her, holding her waist for fear she would lose her balance
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His both hands steadied him, leaning fearfully on the sink for support
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About thirty meters to Yazadril’s left, tiny twelve-year-old Jinimin was proudly lifted above the crowd by his mother to stand balanced on his beaming father’s shoulders as the two steadied him
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A kettle rose off the table, shivered a bit, then steadied
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Court steadied himself and held his Scotch glass high
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He steadied himself on the broken frame, managing to avoid the worst of the jagged stonework, and gazed outside
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About ninety feet to Yazadril’s left, tiny twelve-year-old Jinimin was proudly lifted above the crowd by his mother to stand balanced on his beaming father’s shoulders as the two steadied him
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Calvin held his breath and steadied himself
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Pellew steadied his rifle and took two quick shots, dropping both aliens
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Calvin's muscles tightened and he steadied his handgun
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Two hands helped me up, steadied me
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The cleric grabbed Eva to prevent her fall and steadied her
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Searching, it surely felt like Marv’s just devoid of life and time – a steadied clock if you will
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I avoided the center of the room with one hand on the wall, which steadied me and allowed me to move more fluently
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He steadied himself by letting the cool breeze blow through his hair and down the collar of his shirt
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My heart which had been struggling, skipping and sending burning jolts down my arm steadied
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She steadied her gaze on him, refusing to back down
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When her nerves had steadied she asked if the forestry worker had been identified
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He briefly steadied himself, breathing in deeply and slowly, then fired a single round at his target
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He held onto my shoulders with great easy and steadied me for a
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Node quickly took back control and steadied the Roller, as the men in the back opened fire at the soldiers, then ducked beneath the counter payload of bullets
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Morg steadied his body, made it tensed and took three quick deep breaths
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Tylin sat on the ground and steadied her breath
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He sank to his knees, genuflect before the fish, and steadied himself for another throw
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Stanley then steadied his arms to place me beside the
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” Sam steadied her and helped her to a chair
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Accepting gratefully, Faye arose and steadied herself, the world moving slightly around her
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He steadied himself, went into a relaxed crouch and basically didn’t come out of the barrel for the next fifty yards
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” She climbed up and steadied herself against the wall
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Ruhab Gupta started to enter, his suppressed pistol held ahead of him in one hand, steadied by the other
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Star steadied it, as they navigated down the concrete stairs
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We both steadied ourselves and said nothing and before Tani could ask further, Kiara aunty asked the DJ to play the music and pushed all us youngsters to the dance floor
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“Why you! Ooof!” She pushed him away, tripping on a diamond track edger, nearly falling, but he steadied her
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McCoy steadied himself by taking hold of one of the monitors near the
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One of the newly-arrived officers took one step forward, steadied himself, and shot him twice to the head
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“Woah, that was a close call,” the waiter said as he steadied Chantelle’s water glass
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A couple of them nearly fainted, and had to be steadied by the others
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Alex set her down in the middle of the plane and then steadied her with his strong, comforting hands
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boy’s hand and steadied herself
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Sam got back to his feet and steadied himself with his sword
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She steadied herself and took a cautious step
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Inacio pressed his face against the branch and steadied his breathing
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She was agitated and didn’t glance at my face as she steadied me with her hand
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Taking a deep breath he steadied his bowling hand, this was it, it was time, running towards the lane he held the ball loose, ready for lift off
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She staggered under his weight but steadied herself after a few strides
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He steadied himself by leaning against the wall near the Victory painting
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wavered slightly over the first few words but then steadied; the projector did not fail, and no
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The wind did its best to blow him over but he steadied himself with a gloved hand to the white surface
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A couple of times he slipped on the slick brush, but holding the fence steadied him
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He steadied his footing, body but was startled suddenly to see Mei Yinxue
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She paused to pull her thoughts together, steadied when Cam slid an arm around her waist
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He closed the door and steadied himself against the car as he made his way around the front end, watching where he placed his feet
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He steadied himself on the wall of the second antechamber, long minutes went by as the distant giggling from the other room continued to set flame to his ears, until finally, it faded and there was silence
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the cold sweat that tingled his skin and steadied his breathing
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When it steadied they stood in exactly the same place
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George steadied him
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The tower wobbled until Aesa reached out and steadied it, though Bephistoles hadn’t seemed to notice the impending collapse
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A deep breath steadied her and she nodded as a new thought crossed her mind
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“I'm not living for tomorrow;” Steve steadied her dervishly collapsing finale
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He steadied himself as the stricken animal made a predictable turn
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Then his body stilled intently, and a deadly calm expression spread across his face, as he steadied and aimed his hunting gun at her, and pulled the trigger
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Many of the sturdy and substantial virtues are developed in commercial employment; the mind is steadied and directed; it becomes efficient
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He put one hand down on the ground, steadied himself
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He slipped on the greasy floor then steadied himself against a barrel of
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Veronique took the opportunity to light up another cheroot and steadied herself as she surveyed the situation
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He steadied himself “I"m not goin" to stop ye going up there, but a word o" warning, Son, ye watch yer back
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The ship steadied as Thorn steered it 200 feet above the trees
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Don tied himself in without a harness and steadied the rope
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Marcus cupped her hand, steadied her with his other arm
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The hand can be steadied
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she steadied it with her left,
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they coming closer? Oh God he was going to kiss her! Nicole took a breath and steadied
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shoulders and steadied her so she wouldn't land spread eagle on the table top
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Orens leads me over to a mounting block and steadies Sefir while I swing my leg over her back
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He steadies himself with the arm of the chair and shakes his head a couple of times
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The first sip of the scarlet liquid steadies her even more
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She steadies herself, breathing deeply, holding each breathe for five seconds
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She cries quietly as she steadies herself
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At the sound of his name, the boy’s breathing steadies
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Kaite out of the sunroof in the forward car, a magnetic mount straddles the hole, she steadies a heavy machine gun to the rig
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Tripping on the folded carpet he grabs hold of the door frame and steadies himself before he heads out the door
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As he steadies me, I push up on the toes of my skates
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Cherrie steadies me as I walk out of the hospital
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He steadies his hand as it begins to emit a
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She steadies her rifle back onto the soldier’s head
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Raiden steadies his breathing and stance to avoid
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It is Krishn who steadies and strengthens the faith of such worshippers in whatever it is inclined
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His grasp steadies the tray, and her excited state
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The trembling of the gun’s muzzle stops and steadies
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Blanding raises the pistol and steadies his shaking hand as much as he is able
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I fall instantly, and he steadies me as I land in his lap
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This shift in supply conditions steadies the price above fair value and eventually causes it to drop
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My fingers flex as they aim their healing magic, and Pearl’s breath steadies
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The kite spins, dips, steadies
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STARKÓVSKY [carrying three cushions, which he steadies with his chin, and dropping things on the way] Don't trouble, Lyúbov Nikoláyevna, I'll pick them up
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“You remind me of Shirley Temple when she and I were going steady
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“Yeah, but then she started going steady with that Black fella
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The cannon erupted a steady stream of fire that completely engulfed the man
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They need regular and steady income, without taking on much risk
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Nancy lost her footing and had to grab the desk to steady herself
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Ackers tried to steady his nerves and his breathing while he kept his head up high
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but there has been a steady
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Dave grabs the seat and the arm rest on the door to steady himself
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Pretty steady for a while as well, but then there was no activity for a long stretch and in the last 3 months she, or someone, has been withdrawing a couple of thousand at a time
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He reaches out his hands to steady himself and someone takes his arm
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This doesn't prevent him from going steady with the daughter of the family, but their happiness won't last: While she is in the garden, she bumps her head against a tree branch; she falls down on the ground and some mutated plants swallow her up; when they vomit her she is no longer what she was: she looks like a gigantic snail-like monster, a living horror
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"Gonna need some steady hands," Parker said, staring into the ports on the Chief’s left shoulder
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Pretty soon all the married women in our aerobics class will be his regular clients and one of them -a swarthy forty-year-old widow with two children will go steady with him
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As she explained to me this evening, when I visited her, during the three years we have been apart she has gone steady with lots of men, until she ended up in a yearlong relationship with a woman! Anyway, for the time being she is single; she doesn't have any love affair of any kind
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The family eats the fish and the lon from this pool, just enough to keep it in a steady state, as with the cattle of the land
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A steady hum … something alien? … machinery? … the woman in the bed became aware of consciousness … and with that broader wakefulness came other sensations
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Long into the night, Kara stared into the darkness listening to the now steady rain falling outside her bedroom window
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’ She said, admiring how steady her voice was and registering Iain’s sideways, concerned glance
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I'm going to try and see something from the mast before Wen Island but we'll probably hold steady til then
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He has a home and a steady partner back in Shempala, that's the only thing wrong with my life right now
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“Hey, steady on Fred
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The dragon stayed steady whilst Cosmicblasto was looking
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"There has been a steady recovery of wildlife since the Energy Age
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Raise your legs and buttocks off the ground and as you put your hands on your hips to steady yourself push your legs over your head while keeping your knees straight
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buttocks off the floor, putting your hands on your hips to steady
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It has been these recent months that he has been having these dreams on a steady basis
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However, she responds to my instruction and, at a steady canter, allows Adamant to catch up with us
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A steady flow of wagons is moving through the gate, the soldiers speaking to each of the drivers in turn, though I get the feeling that they know most of them …
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The music came slowly leading the ring of people into a steady, anti-clockwise swaying side-step; an almost imperceptible, trance-like encircling of the musicians
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"Now? Sure," Morg said, "we're steady, not even a snowflake in the area," he said
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How are you today?' He met my gaze with a steady silence
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country dreams about a cushy job that gives a steady salary and provides
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Watching Alessandra enjoying the clouds as she strode on in front made me ignore any further nonsense from my calves and concentrate on that stepped and steady climb
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The Princess looked confident pushing through the water making a line for the south but then, to my confusion and astonishment, after a few minutes I saw her begin to slow and come about in a steady wide circle
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"At the very basic level,"Ava continued, "impulses travel these circuits in a steady state, the pulses circle their group of neurons and the pseudo-particle that emulates does not undergo a state change
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Aquatic plants need a steady supply of oxygen to keep them alive and thriving
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Tonight these flagstones on solid ground were less steady than that
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She got on it, somewhat more steady than she was the night before, and acted out throwing up on him again
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A steady stream of orders flow to and fro across the bar
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He catches the tub with his upper arm, feels the pressure of contact and withdraws, moving his right arm across his twisting body to steady the thing before it makes any noise, but he is too slow
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Harry returned the smile with a, “Thank you Miss Hill,” which broadened her own still happy expression and he walked in a steady and unhurried pace back home for dinner
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persisted, and made slow but steady progress, although he suspected
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” Once Enjteen had a steady job, Kulai didn’t feel responsible for supporting him and his mother, just because they were his mother’s friends
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” They sighted along their mother's arm and they began the steady push and pull on the tandem oars, always keeping the craft headed for the two boulders
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Stevie looks down at the ruined pair of jeans sticking to his legs, desperate in his desire for a moment in the shadows, for a moment out of the steady gaze of his interrogator
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Roman was carefree, walking at a steady pace, looking around at the
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‘Is that what you meant when you said Sheila left the party, Mr Simthwaite?’ he asked, his tone steady and level
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didn’t sit there and pound beers by any means, but he did drink at a steady pace for
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Father was calm, and steady in the gaze he returned to my searching eyes, “This reminds me of my first storm in these mountains
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He has his gun raised in front of him, holding it in both hands to steady his aim
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He put his left hand on Jack’s thigh as if to steady it
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“Then with a steady grasp of the wagon in your hands, hop with both feet into the same squatting position you began, with your knees deeply bent
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“We just hold steady here along the Inner Dromedian coast for at least thirty miles, then fifty miles of open water til we round the outer point
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His aim was steady, empty of fear
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“There’s a few reasons, I wanted to see if I can find a steady guy…”
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But wasn't this her mother's genes again? Hadn't she wanted someone steady, along comes someone who could be exclusive, and she's ready to give him one roll in the flowers and then tell him what? 'Oh, if we run into each other again after a few decades I could imagine I might be willing to try a relationship with you'?
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For six years he’d been on a steady ascension to perfection
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Outside a steady rain had started
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Before too long Jake's steady snore filled the air, Jim hadn't moved since he said good night
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Some how the steady beat
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"I do have to think like that now don't I?" Mingalle probably agreed with that, she liked having a steady guy as much as Desa did
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There was something always a little too intense in a steady diet of Lesahr
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In the ordinary variations of the prices of provisions, those two opposite causes seem to counterbalance one another, which is probably, in part, the reason why the wages of labour are everywhere so much more steady and permanent than the price of provisions
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employment, indeed, is more steady and uniform, and the superiority of their earnings, taking
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was the steady dripping of water as it oozed down the
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After initiating the steady death march of warrior prisoners into the Rift, her husband had suddenly vanished, leaving a fearful and crushed Council of Races to ponder his latest evil machination
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the ever-present wind and the steady jangling of the
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The floor wasn't quite steady yet, but after holding the stool for a minute she'd recovered her full balance
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Tom nodded, his eyes wide with shock but his movements still steady
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He held his hands toward the demons, pouring a steady torrent of energy into their remains
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bird searching for its roost and the steady hoof beats of
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the steady gaze of the peculiar little man must have
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But even with the steady stream of healing power pouring into the Elf Prince, the pain only mounted
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His eyes unable to hold steady, he tossed the chain to Nerissa
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Opening her eyes, she caught Geneia’s steady gaze
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Was he insulted that she’d failed to find some hidden rhythm? Or had she misread a word? Philemon’s scrawl was none too steady
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So beautiful they might have been a girl’s, his olive eyes were steady with resolve
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When it was a steady rhythm, I sought my orb of power and encouraged it to spin
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She had freely chosen to follow the more traditional path of her gender by hooking up with a steady boyfriend from her high school days, getting formally engaged and then married to Joe shortly after graduating, their buying a house and car and all the stuff you’re supposed to take possession of when you form a conjugal union, and her bearing three children before she reached the age of thirty
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Money, on the contrary, is a steady friend, which, though it may travel about from hand to hand, yet if it can be kept from going out of the country, is not very liable to be wasted and consumed
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Then she loped at a steady pace for half an hour
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No words were spoken as she examined his arms, face and neck and applied a steady casting of a restoration spell
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To dream that you are jogging suggests that you are proceeding through life at a steady pace
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Back home, though there was a steady
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His gaze was clear and steady, as if he had just woken from a deep, satisfying sleep
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To dream that you are walking with ease signifies a slow, but steady progress toward your goals
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You need to proceed at a steady pace in realizing your goals
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Nerissa held the helm steady as they made for the shadowy shape of Kefallinia
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She quickly clasped them together to steady her nerves
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Uncertain as they were of what waited ahead, all they could do was charge on and try to keep steady amid the disorienting shaking and groans of something large and unsettled
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But nearly all of them were wondering what had become of not only their Guild Master and the promising recruit, but now also Brynjolf – who had for years been a steady second hand at the helm
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His voice was weary, but steady
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Meanwhile, Hermes, the little dog, sat at their feet where he received a steady supply of scraps and morsels, and remained the only recipient of Messrs Snickerty and Pinscher's munificence that evening
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• Dhyana (meditation) - steady focus of the mind on the object of meditation
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After all, we did send her to rout a flock of bandits by herself, from which she came back looking no worse for wear…” Tullius shifted steady eyes to his officer
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He trudged until he was gone again with a steady pace of slow but determined footsteps
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He could see his heart pumping and his lungs engaged in their steady work
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I was surprised her breathing remained steady and even
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I finally pushed him away, holding him out at arm's length, as I made sure he was stable and steady enough for me to leave him
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There is a steady growing interest in mediumship and the spirit world as we move further into the 21st century
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The centering of the consciousness and its steadying within the head at a point midway between the eyebrows
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’ She said, her voice cracking; she takes a deep breath, visibly steadying herself, before going on
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Slowly, my senses steadying, I open my eyes and try to calm my breathing … the familiar room is comforting
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I counted the steps down into the murk until I reached the lower level, steadying myself against the cool slimy wall in case I slipped and it felt as empty down there and as hollow and devoid of any interest, except to ghosts and spirits, as I had expected
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steadying it so he could dab in some kind of lotion into its cuts
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The officer grasped her shoulders, steadying her in the threshold of the tent
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steadying the float
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Sebastian sat next to Alex’s bed again, taking a steadying breath
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“Whoa, whoa,” he said, steadying her with one hand
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I needed nothing more and steadying my breathing I pulled the rifles butt close into my shoulder and sighted on him
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He grabbed the side of the cot, steadying himself, forcing himself to breathe
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Evelyn confirmed with the paramedic that I was able to leave and Spencer lifted me gently, putting his arm around me, steadying my wobbly legs
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Mai Bell clutched a handful of the big man’s thick hair, steadying his head while her husband held the knife close to the sweating face
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The chauffeur, a uniformed Port Authority police officer, was beside the airplane when the door opened, offering a steadying hand as she descended the shaky, flip-down staircase
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Then she was pulling away and sitting up, steadying herself with an arm on the bed
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The crew grabbed the vehicle, steadying it as he hit the button and ejected the first battery pack
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I remember steadying his head as he lay screaming on the floor, and cleaning the blood he left behind
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His face blank, he puts one arm around the corner, steadying it with the building wall, and fires twice
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I'd held Agnes' hand strongly, transmitting my own trust and steadying her
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I stand the way I always stand, easy, natural, and lift both my arms, squeezing the gun with one hand and steadying it with the other
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Steadying his ride as the rocket soared directly at him, Cloud
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Before she could turn around, he was across the room steadying her grandmother who looked ready to fall to the floor
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Covering the mouthpiece, she took a steadying breath
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But the fact of movement is itself a steadying hand in the midst of the blackness of her strange anger and grief that fill the air between us
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Hallsfoot stands, one arm steadying herself against Montfort’s shoulder
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The next moment, something forced her to stop and she would have fallen, except for Johan’s sudden shout and steadying hand
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As Simon made his way outside, matching his pace to his father’s slower gait and occasionally steadying him when he looked likely to stumble, the memory of how Ralph’s home used to be came flooding in
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Simon turned round, steadying his father so he didn’t fall
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Steadying his breath, he is still unable to stop the uncontained beating of his heart
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He felt greatly on edge, dumped into an unknown environment with too few under-trained troops, and missing the steadying influence of Dimarico
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Ren stands steadying herself on the windshield with your gun in her hands
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She burst through the doors with far too much energy, a preternatural gleam in her eye and a fit of the giggles in her throat as she stumbled a little before steadying herself against a pillar
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My steadying hand, my caring altruistic Father whose
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neophyte, and at the same time steadying it, so that there is no shaking, no
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Taking a few steadying breaths she turned her attention to the lock and
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Jed was at my side and when I reached for his hand, he grabbed mine; the contact was warm and steadying, kept me grounded and pushed back some of the fear
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"How long will it take to catch up with the gillnetter?" cried Travis, steadying himself by gripping a brass handrail
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He raised the blade to his neck again, steadying his hand as best he could
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His foot snagged on a rock, and only Cliff’s steadying
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Steadying himself expertly as the boat
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Steadying herself, she walked back to a seat near Locke and sat down
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shoulders as she struggled to rise, steadying her, through her still fuzzy vision she saw him proffer a bottle, “It’s only water,” he said quietly, “just to rinse your mouth out
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Placing a supportive and steadying hand, on the back of Kathy’s shoulders, Joel walked beside her, with Falcon on her other side
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He helped her out of the SUV, steadying her when she wobbled precariously on her uninjured foot
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She filled her lungs with a long, steadying breath
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I took a deep, steadying breath, wondering how much of my heartbeat he could hear
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Steadying the beam on the doorknob, he angled his legs down the small concrete stairway that led to the door, resigned to watching the man work
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When a smile curved up on his irresistible lips, I took a deep, steadying breath as I tried to clear my head
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Kiera had been steadying herself on her elbow, when she saw the man come behind Chance and attack him
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He stood up after she did, his hand on her upper back, steadying Kiera as her equilibrium evened out
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She halted in front of The Witch’s Way, took a deep, steadying breath, forced down her temper, and knocked on the door
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Gabrysia put a hand on Fallon’s shoulder steadying him
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With a steadying hand against her hip, he presses his lips to the inside of her thigh, dragging slowly upward, feeling heat race across her silky skin while her breath catches and her nails stab into his shoulder - a pang that runs straight to his crotch, fueling his need for her
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He's saved from this when the carriage jerks violently, and he instinctively reaches forward to place a steadying hand on her knee
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With a steadying hand on her hip, he guides himself into her as carefully as he can
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Thrusting it in front of him, steadying it with both hands, he screamed: “Don’t move you bastard
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He waited, feet apart as if steadying himself on a rocking ship
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Steadying himself, he ran at the creature as if he was still fresh and his fist connected with the demon’s chin
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He held out a steadying hand, and Malcolm regained his footing then gave a quick nod of gratitude
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After steadying himself, he looked around, and noticed that everyone was still exactly where they'd been
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Eyes closed, wretched head sagging heavily, LanCoste heard Ravan, felt the steadying arm around his shoulders, and was bewildered at the kindness
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A steadying arm reached out to keep
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head slowed the whirling, a compassionate and familiar voice steadying him
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” He replied smiling carefuly pushing me away, with his hands on my shoulders “Are you ready?” he repeated carefuly again, steadying me
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I sat their concentrating on steadying my heart beat and thinking positive
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“Emily, you don't look well,” he said, steadying her with his hand
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She felt a hand on her back, steadying her, and then a
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Damien let out a loud laugh and then rest his hands on her hips, steadying her down unto his manhood and entering her fully
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But the steadying influence and discipline of line work were never more necessary to the student
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The rich modelling and swinging lines of the "Bacchus and Ariadne" of Titian in the National Gallery, here reproduced, page 154 [Transcribers Note: Plate XXXIV], would be too gross, were it not for the steadying influence of the horizontal lines in the sky and the vertical lines of the tree-trunks
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It certainly does not help the run of the composition, although it may be useful in steadying it, and it is not a particularly beautiful thing in itself, as the position is one better suited to a man's leg than to a woman's
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But without the steadying power of straight lines and flatnesses, curves get out of hand and lose their power
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When the uncontrolled use of curves approaching the circle and volute are indulged in, unrestrained by the steadying influence of any straight lines, the effect is gross
74.
In both cases note the way the lines lead up to the principal subject, and the steadying power introduced by means of horizontal, vertical, and other straight lines
75.
In both cases it will be seen that he uses it in combination with the steadying influence of straight lines, which help to keep the balance and repose necessary in the treatment of even the most violent subjects in art
76.
Without these steadying influences these compositions of gradated masses would be sickly and weak
77.
” He took her elbow, steadying her, and they continued to his car
78.
” She was grateful for his steadying presence as they ascended the stairs
79.
“What are you doing?” He hisses in my ear steadying me
80.
“My plan,” he said, steadying himself, “My plan is to climb out of here if I can reach the edge of the lip back where we came in
81.
With Andrew steadying Jacob’s head, he slowly took a mouthful of water and swallowed
82.
While the Semi-drunk was having his next innings, the Besotted Wretch placed a penny on the counter and called for a half a pint, which he drank in the hope of steadying his nerves for a great effort
83.
Merthin was standing on the bottom of the ladder, steadying it with his weight
84.
By this time the moon was shining brightly, and the engine-driver, steadying himself on the coal, could command a view of the line behind them for a long distance
85.
The sight of the spinning worms made me nauseous and, steadying myself, I accidently crushed two or three of them
86.
Behind me I felt Sam’s steadying hand on the small of my back
87.
Those of us whom business or curiosity took to Sulaco in these years before the first advent of the railway can remember the steadying effect of the San Tome mine upon the life of that remote province
88.
Gould, with her candid eyes very wide open, her lips composed into a smile, was steadying herself with a little bejewelled hand against the side of the door
89.
They did their best, and two-thirds of them died in the doing, but without Olyvyr’s steadying, trusted voice, their best simply wasn’t good enough
90.
Quickly and noiselessly, she ran into the upper hall and down the stairs, steadying herself on the banisters with one hand and holding the pistol close to her thigh in the folds of her skirt
91.
There was something about cotton that was reassuring, steadying
92.
She straightened her small body away from the steadying arm and said quietly but with a voice that shook:
93.
Steadying myself with it there as I had repeatedly done at those moments of torment that I have described as the moments of my knowing the children to be given to something from which I was barred, I sufficiently obeyed my habit of being prepared for the worst