steady on

• “William Long stood in a far-off corner hidden from view by the capacity crowd—his eyes steady on the woman he would reclaim as his, regardless of her dedication to the old man who temporarily stood at her side.”

  Simon & Schuster: A Love So Deep

• “All crewers: this is Captain Roman," he said, his eyes steady on Ferrol.”

  Warhorse

• “His teeth were worn to a few brown stumps on his gums, but his eyes were clear, his hands steady on the narghile as he smoked and talked of his part in the recent war, shooting from the high ground at the retreating Turks.”

  O Jerusalem

• “Krom Mu'n Pawarwijagan, aged 27 years on that time, became very sick of painful rheumatism by which he has his body almost steady on his seat and bed, immovable to and fro, himself, since the month of October, 1865, when his father was absent from Bangkok, being at Ban Sitha as aforesaid.”

  The English Governess at the Siamese Court

• “He was safe and steady on the yard just as the outward roll of the Indefatigable gave the balancing spars their final impetus, and the mizzen-topmast parted company from the broken mizzen-mast and the whole wreck fell down into the sea alongside.”

  Mr. Midshipman Easy

• “In the Explosive Assembly Building on Two Mile Mesa, Joe held a twenty-inch model of the Trinity bomb steady on a wrestling mat.”

  Stallion Gate

• “At the tiller stood our guide and boatman, his somber eye steady on the south-by-east.”

  Euphemia Among the Pelicans

• “The moment has come, Commodore," Telthorst said, his eyes steady on Lleshi's face, his voice just a few stages too loud.”

  Angelmass

• “Friday's selloff on Wall Street has had some negative impact on the Australian share market and although most economists expect the Reserve Bank of Australia to keep rates steady on Tuesday, there's some expectation of hawkish language from the RBA," said Macquarie Private Wealth division director, Martin Lakos.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Asia Slips; Tepco Slides

• “Podolak's eyes were steady on him, an odd layer of tension about the corners of her mouth.”

  Angelmass

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