How to Use stabilize in a Sentence

stabilize

verb

• We'll use ropes to stabilize the platform.
• The pilots were able to stabilize the airplane and land safely.
• The government's efforts to stabilize prices have not succeeded.
• Even the administration's most vocal critics agree that the President has succeeded in stabilizing the economy.
• The country's population has stabilized at 3.2 million.
• Home prices have stabilized over the past year in the Huntsville area.
  — Scott Turner | [e-mail], al, 4 Sep. 2023
• There are a few pieces on there just to help stabilize the boat.
  — Lauren Hertz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2022
• Xavier was able to stabilize and make enough free throws to hold on.
  — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 19 Mar. 2023
• How to Do It: Put your hand on the wall (or a chair) to stabilize yourself.
  — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 6 Dec. 2022
• The locks would remain closed until the barges were stabilized, the post added.
  — Rae Johnson, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
• Like the dead bug, this move requires you to stabilize your spine and trunk as your limbs move.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 4 Oct. 2024
• The group’s first and most pressing task is stabilizing the walls and roof.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2023
• Rewire the wreath loosely to stabilize it, and make a wire loop hanger on the back.
  — Penelope O'Sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2022
• But, as the data in both the US and UK shows, prices tend to stabilize through subsequent years.
  — Alistair Charlton, WIRED, 16 Aug. 2024
• The rescue crew flies to the man’s location and lands where paramedics had stabilized him on the beach just before 7 p.m., the video shows.
  — Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 17 Apr. 2024
• The upcoming effort will put a steel canopy over the building, and the adobe walls will be stabilized.
  — Jeremy Duda, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024
• The 79th was dispatched to stabilize the defense of a crucial sector of the front around the city, Marinka, more than a year ago.
  — Tyler Hicks Marc Santora, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• This decline, however, has found a floor in the $25 to $30 range, where the stock appears to have stabilized.
  — Gurufocus, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
• For Prince Philip, however, his role was clear: to support his wife and stabilize the crown.
  — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2022
• Around 2011 the gap between Black and white excess deaths stabilized.
  — Saima May Sidik, Scientific American, 6 June 2023
• Doctors drilled rods into the tibia to stabilize the area and waited for the swelling to go down before surgery.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 July 2022
• The facades are completed, the chimneys built and the structures are stabilized to stand on their own.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 16 Sep. 2023
• This may cause would-be first-time buyers to wait for home prices and mortgage rates to stabilize and rent instead.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 28 Sep. 2023
• Officials talk of the need to wait until the river stabilizes.
  — Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 11 June 2023
• Ehara said prices of potatoes and palm oil had also stabilized.
  — Michelle Toh, CNN, 4 Aug. 2023
• Plus, the bench’s rounded legs make for great armrests to help stabilize yourself while getting down on the mat.
  — Gabriela Izquierdo, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2023
• Are the reinforcements enough to turn the tide and stabilize a nation long in turmoil?
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 29 June 2024
• Pulling units from the front line to stabilize the Kursk region would also be time consuming.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 9 Aug. 2024
• Although both managed to stabilize after the order was reversed just hours later, the benchmark Kospi index lost 1.4% overnight, putting it down 7.2% for the year.
  — Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
• During the housing meltdown of 2008, the two companies were brought under government control in an effort to stabilize the housing market.
  — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024