Sentence examples for steady often from inspiring English sources

The barflies, losers and knock-around guys that he writes about in the songs for his band, the Hold Steady, often end up on their knees, sometimes retching, but more often praying for that moment when everything both aligns and goes off the rails at the same time.

Slow and steady often wins the race.

For many, food is a steady, often mechanized habit.

Yet many of them generate significant, steady revenue, often for distressed rural communities.

The lack of steady financing often derails school safety initiatives, Mr. Trump said.

For his county, as a middle-order batsman he scored steady and often elegant runs in the County Championship and also in the one-day game.

His play throughout the tournament was steady and often spectacular; against Raonic, a twenty-five-year-old Canadian, on Sunday, it was nearly flawless.

But much, if not most, of jazz history has been made by artists who sustain long, steady careers, often in supporting roles, influencing the tradition of their instrument and shaping the sound of the music.

And nearly three-quarters of its staff members have departed in a steady exodus, often citing the mercurial personality of the company's executive director, Louis G. Spisto, who was appointed 18 months ago.

No longer an upstart outsider, he's now a steady if often reluctant part of the country music establishment, with one gold record behind him and another critical favorite now on his hands.

McCrone repeated the regular warnings that North Sea oil revenues are now in steady decline, often very volatile, and also now face a new challenge: that of the huge (but unproven) predicted gas and oil reserves in England from fracking – using "hydraulic fracturing" to release gas and oil trapped in rock.