1.   In both hands he held steady a glass tumbler drained to the ice.

2.   It seemed to her that her mind was like an overfilled glass which only she could hold steady.

3.   She tried to hold it steady.

4.   To pick up the reflected signals, the cellphone has to be held steady for a few seconds, says Lubecke.

5.   The wage agreement produced some drift back to work in the following days, but the strike held steady in the Kuzbass, Donbass and Vorkuta.

6.   Also today, a new survey showed home builders are increasingly optimistic because mortgage interest rates have held steady for several months.

7.   Also Thursday, trustees approved an increase in undergraduate student fees at the Amherst, Boston and Dartmouth campuses while voting to hold tuition steady.

8.   An IV is in her limp arm, held steady by a splint of folded cardboard.

9.   And even if prices were to hold steady for now, other important factors could drive them higher as the planned cuts in output take effect.

10.   And yesterday, a National Association of Manufacturers survey showed many companies expect prices to hold steady or fall.