stabilize

In a sentence

Six example sentences with stabilize, each labelled with its topic.

• The paramedics worked for twenty minutes to stabilize the hiker's breathing before the helicopter could lift him off the ridge.

  Medicine

• Central bankers raised rates twice in one autumn to stabilize a currency that had swung wildly for months.

  Economics

• Engineers drove steel piles beneath the leaning bell tower to stabilize it before the cracks in the foundation widened.

  Architecture

• A gimbal will stabilize the shot as you walk, so the horizon stops bouncing with every step.

  Photography

• A spoonful of cornstarch helps stabilize the whipped cream so it holds its peaks through a warm afternoon.

  Cooking

• Chemists add a trace of acid to stabilize the solution, which otherwise breaks down within hours in daylight.

  Science

Found in these word lists

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More Academic words

• isolating
• isolate
• emphasised
• parameter
• inhibit
• briefs
• superficial
• attain
• formatting
• rationality
• unifying
• comprise