9 sentences with 'steadily'

Example sentences and phrases with the word steadily and other words derived from it.

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« The relative political and religious unity that Justinian's campaigns brought to Byzantium declined steadily after his death. »
« From that point on, American forces slowly but steadily "island hopped" across the Pacific, driving Japanese forces from the islands they had occupied. »
« By then, however, German armies were pressing steadily into Russian territory, and tens of thousands of Russian troops were deserting to return to their home towns. »
« The Romans continued to lose to Hannibal, but were very successful in preventing Hannibal from receiving reinforcements from Spain and Africa, slowly but steadily weakening his forces. »
« However, after his death, Byzantium again slowly lost its conquests in the west to another round of Germanic invasions, and the Persians also pressed steadily into the eastern territories. »
« Promising complete repudiation of the Versailles Treaty, the building of the German army, an end to economic problems and the restoration of German pride and power, the Nazis steadily grew in popularity: an electoral breakthrough in 1930 enabled them to win 18% of the seats in the Reichstag. »
« For example, even as military spending soared for the US and the Soviet Union, it fell to less than 10% of UK GDP in the early 1960s and declined steadily from there in the years that followed. Also, with the long-term trend of decolonisation, there was no longer a need for large imperial armies to control the colonies. »
« First, Constantinople itself played an important role in the power and wealth of the east. While Rome had steadily declined over the years, especially after its sack in 410 and the transfer of the western imperial government to the Italian city of Ravenna (which was more easily defensible), Constantinople had around 500,000 residents. »
« On 6 June 1944, known as D-Day, British, American and Canadian forces launched a surprise invasion across the English Channel with hundreds of thousands of troops (over 150,000 on the first day alone). After securing the coast, the Allies pressed steadily against the Germans, suffering heavy casualties in the process as the Germans refused to give ground without a brutal fight. »

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