Sentence examples for a steady foothold from inspiring English sources
She has gained a steady foothold in life when someone starts killing the Alaskan silver wolves near her mountain home.
As rape culture has gained a steady foothold on American campuses, among law enforcement officers (whose job is to protect and serve rather than entrap and assault), and in a culture which refers to men and women alike as "bitches," this lack of basic respect for another human being has led to a sorry state affairs that could be called Fifty Shades of Dysfunctional Family Life.
His first spell in power was a generation ago in a very different, pre-internet era, when democracy had a less steady foothold on the continent.
The swinger has overplayed his hand he's been thrown out of his house and, after the murder of an associate, knows he's the target of a planned hit by his boss (played spicily by the famed acting teacher Sanford Meisner); the square is happily married and, though not exactly prized by the boss, manages nonetheless to make himself useful and keep his steady foothold in a turbulent realm.
No one's established a firm foothold.
Healtheon and WebMD not only merged, under the name of WebMD, but they also spent billions to acquire non-dot-com companies to secure a steady revenue stream and establish a stronger foothold in the medical community.
This pianist is a representative of the new Latin jazz here and has gained a wider foothold as well; he's a steady member of Ravi Coltrane's group.
This scenario could make some sense, as it would give Google a foothold in continuing to have a steady stream of mapping data, without the cost and challenge of owning a fleet itself.
Watching Jacob draw was a bit like watching a climber on a sheer rockface, slowly trying out one crampon and then another, looking for a foothold, advancing a couple of feet and then spending the night on the rockface in his bag, upright — albeit a climber engaged in a steady conversation with a friend on the lost art of true rock climbing.
