Sentence examples for fought steadily from inspiring English sources

Her childhood - split between a boisterous outdoorsiness and an intense inner life - was dominated by her overbearing mother, with whom she fought "steadily but reluctantly" until her death.

In ecclesiastical policies, he fought steadily against the setting aside of papal authority by a local church subjected to secular power; rare for his time and place, he upheld utter papal supremacy.

After the Qusayr battle, the triumphant Syrian forces turned their attention to recapturing rebel-held stretches of Aleppo, the formerly bustling commercial center of the country, where the two sides have fought steadily for nearly a year.

They fought it steadily from the first, but only a few hundred isolated American chestnut trees remain.

Fighting steadily and withdrawing skilfully, the 3rd Light Horse and 5th Mounted Brigades had reached the edge of Summil village where the Ottoman attack was finally held.

Lawmakers have steadily fought off efforts in the past to allow the research centers at Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo and Stony Brook to charge more than other colleges or to allow regular indexed tuition increases.

Watney never trailed after the 10th hole and played steadily while Woods fought and fought to keep his balance before stumbling on the 18th.

As they fought, they were forced to retreat steadily as flames licked downward through makeshift asbestos barriers and across firebreaks where flammable wiring had been torn away.

With 19% don't knows, he concedes that "there is a campaign to be fought yet".The economy is also getting steadily worse.

Forming the Save the Forest Committee, they work steadily to fight fires, carry out reforestation by growing trees in a nursery and caring for them once planted in the forest, and to educate young people about the importance of the forest.

However, the "tool box" approach, and the exploration of all possible avenues to increasing food quantity/quality, was criticised by some participants on the grounds that efforts and funds to fight hunger are being steadily reduced and that there is an obligation therefore to make choices and to use the little money available in the best possible way (Ferry, and 12/12).