Sentence examples for steady or lost from inspiring English sources

For the 31 returnees it was a mixed year; 16 saw their fortunes increase while the rest held steady or lost ground.

These men either became newly involved in a steady relationship; lost the steady partner they had at pre-test without entering a new steady relationship; or lost their steady partner and started a new steady relationship.

Every now and then flames shoot up around the chair, and the player must keep his heartbeat steady or lose the money already won.

Just as our own economy-first governments must ensure growth to stay in power, a military-first regime must deliver a steady stream of victories or lose all reason to exist.

Job profiles could continually change with the steady growth of computer power, or lose much of their importance to humans.

Under this model, an operon is not a steady-state evolutionary entity, but rather a dynamic entity which continuously acquires or loses genes via HGT.

Pathways with different amounts of regulatory substrate may tend to either gain or lose binding sites, which in turn affects the accessibility of steady-state phenotypes.

It hardly helped matters that Bryan Thomas, the steady linebacker, was lost for the season with an Achilles' tendon injury.

After captain Michael Yardy won the toss, Sussex made a steady start but lost their openers in successive overs.

The technology roller coaster saw new highs in January, then declined through much of February followed by a steady recovery of lost ground.

Driving Me Crazy broke well in debut but quickly had to steady and immediately lost his position.