How To Use Steer In A Sentence

OK, the steering is a little foggy, but the wheel unquestionably feels pleasant under the fingers. Times, Sunday Times
Bull calves from dairy herds are usually castrated, becoming steers, and sent to feedlots, where they are fattened for slaughter, usually before the age of 2.
Similarly, when the starter button is pressed, along with the clutch pedal, the system recognises the transponder signal, releases the engine immobiliser and the steering lock, and the engine starts.
Swelling and bloating are often less troublesome if you avoid adding extra salt to food and steer clear of smoked meats and ready-cooked meals. The Sun
Many golfers try to steer putts into the cup, especially when they can see the hole peripherally.

For convenience and safety, some skid-steer loader manufacturers mount switches on the steering control grips or levers to control these multifunctional tools.
On a recent morning, Evers steered his pickup truck through a Central California almond grove, his drawling sales pitch at the ready.
The electronic power-assisted steering feels well weighted, with a slow rack ratio but an on-centre sluggishness, which is safe and steady but not at all responsive. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
It was imperative that the crew steering the boat under sail avoided the ice. Times, Sunday Times
The steering is agile and responsive and it takes tight bends in its stride. The Sun
But they made the steering wheel feel as though it had been set in concrete. Times, Sunday Times
Combined with customers who would steer clear of Detroit brands because of uncertainty surrounding maintenance warranties, a messy bankruptcy could have have kicked off a vicious downward spiral that could have ended in liquidation and enormous job losses. Wonk Room » If We Had Let GM Go Bankrupt Last November, We Could Have Lost Another Million Jobs
Recently, the company introduced the first radial tire for skid-steer loaders.
In another measure to improve fuel efficiency, the top three gear ratios in the transmission have been extended to ensure the engine runs at lower RPMs, the electric motor-assisted steering system reduces demands on the engine. Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
In this paper, the hardware and software of the PC-1500 computer measurement system as well as its application for measuring angle drive ratio of steering wheel are introduced.
The 40-member steering committee was mandated to formulate agreements on all outstanding issues and to draft legislation to formalize any agreements.
He downshifted and turned the steering wheel.
There'll be plenty of time for the eventual nominee to "recalibrate" his/her message, steering towards the center, between Super Tuesday and Election Day. Poll: Huckabee Still Loses In General Election Matches, Edwards Most Electable Dem
I should steer clear of the throw-it-all-in-a-pot philosophy, though.
Remember, when driving a car, the golden rule is never to take both hands off the steering wheel.
A thirteen-person steering committee was elected to draw up a draft constitution and a programme of activities.
Carcass revenue increased for heavier carcasses and steers had a higher value relative to heifers.
Spiers has steered the organisation through some of the most unsettling eras in its history.
The government chose to steer a middle course between the two strategies .
In practice, this enables you to steer easily round hairpin bends. Times, Sunday Times
It analyses the influence of aircraft taxiing velocity and nose wheel steering angle on aircraft tire sliding.
But they made the steering wheel feel as though it had been set in concrete. Times, Sunday Times
A 450-kilo heavy vealer steer - more precisely a Limousin cross steer - sold for 251 cents a kilo, or $1,200 in total.
This applies in particular to their secretariats that are tightly controlled and steered by a handful of developed countries.
At this event, held in August, 60 bulls and steers (bulls without an important operating part) were herded from the plain across the river during a driving rainstorm the evening before. Jaripeo - The Drive-in Rodeo
According to one homemade combinable multi-axle trailer's steering system, the calculation in the paper proves this design method is reasonable and practicable.
I clenched my fingers on the steering wheel, the speedometer swung towards 85 mph as I raced home.
But, although the striker was in a perfect position to score, a brilliant tackle by Deloumeaux steered the ball off his toe.
Uruguay might also import Argentine grain to fatten steers.
Louise's logic suggests that, had Nolan managed to steer Ranger's nod down the right side of the post minutes before Coloccini's unwitting own goal let's be honest, that *would* have been undeserved, which is just absurd. The Guardian World News
There are also front and rear parking sensors complete with steering aid package. The Sun
After we had lost all steerage way we were swept bodily southwards by the inblowing winds towards the cyclone's centre.
I had the steering wheel on full lock .
Jack dabbed his rope on the steer.
Rocket Docket Rudolph was pushing the Steere case through on greased skids; Marta doubted even a murder in the office would slow him down. ROUGH JUSTICE
He rode steers for four years in the rodeo, and tried his hand at bulldogging.
America might sell more cars to the islands if they were made with the steering wheel on the right.
He believed Mrs Letch probably tried to correct the skid but in doing so steered squarely into the path of the oncoming car.
The student must be left to steer his own course between this Scylla and Charybdis.
I did a very good lap: the car was understeering a bit too much at low speed, but it was very stable in the high-speed corners.
The sails were lifted, though they also used the mechanical engine to steer the ship more easily.
The ability to steer is particularly important today, with the emergence of a global economy.
Forgiveness helps you steer round the obstacles, to grow more together.
Ronnie said in French: 'There was a great big gun, and two little guns, m'sieur, and you steer with two handles and it goes seventy kilos an hour!' Pied Piper
Neither accelerator nor brake is fierce, the steering is accurate but requires no great effort.
From the resultant penalty, Wood went for goal, but on this occasion the malevolent wind steered the ball off target.
He will steer a middle course between pacifism and revolution.
Smoothly steering between R&B and Eurodance, she's breathily seductive on Motivation – by contrast, guest Lil Wayne is positively anaemic – while I'm Dat Chick updates the jumpy minimalism of Destiny's Child's No, No, No. Kelly Rowland: Here I Am – review
Steering is very light and the car is surprisingly flexible; the turning circle is quite tight, making it easy to manoeuvre in tight spaces once you've got used to the size.
Patrick was steering the boat while Becky navigated.
At 06.27 hours on 1 January 1975, Alfred Archibald Jones was dressed in corduroy and sat in a fume-filled Cavalier Musketeer Estate face down on the steering wheel, hoping the judgement would not be too heavy upon him. Excerpt: White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Cars with power steering, air conditioning and automatic transmissions are not good candidates.
Air vents in dash board and trafficator on steering column distinguish interior from earlier model.
He would accelerate, then pull the handbrake up and then he would have to keep really good control of the steering wheel as the car spun round.
The steering system is lighter and more compact than a steering column and rack and the brakes occupy the same space as a conventional caliper.
While the nymphs lie low, sucking roots in sheltering soil, you will steer a course from the eager springs of boyhood to the braided delta of manhood and majority.
Under such intellectual pressures captains need a degree in mathematics to steer their teams towards winning totals or targets.
In some cases the locals are even inventing new sports for themselves - coasteering, for example.
He also visits a ship steering school in Port Revel, France, and he and his son-in-law recreate a canalboat trip taken by Henry David Thoreau and his brother John in 1839. Archive 2006-09-01
She had a running battle with her microphone and her concentration (skiing off-piste from her notes, and inviting the audience to steer her back on course).
Pollan buys a steer from a pasture in South Dakota, whereupon it is loaded onto a truck. Hard to Swallow
There was a most disconcerting wobble to the steering.
The operation of the handbrake, steering, brake and clutch oozes quality, and the fittings are impressive.
Understeer is present in the dry, countered by progressive oversteer with right foot tickling.
If governing a state is like steering a ship, however, what we need are reliable facts and sound explanations of how the vessel works.
I saw it mainly as an effort to usurp the trade from the father who, as you know, is too old now to steer it aright himself. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
The quality throughout was of the highest order, especially the young steer class.
Everything becomes clear when I meet the rudder post, steering quadrant and stern gun just off the edge in 27m.
In much the same way that steers yield far better meat than cows in beef cattle, young male roos make the best eating.
As the helm is a very small part of the ship, so is the tongue a very small part of the body: but the right governing of the helm or rudder will steer and turn the ship as the governor pleases; and a right management of the tongue is, in a great measure, the government of the whole man. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
Crew members can not steer or tie knots.
Professor Peter Crome, chair of the audit's steering group, said the report "provides further concrete evidence that the care of patients with dementia in hospital is in need of a radical shake-up". Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'
The chairman was able to steer the committee towards a decision.
If the associations we report are causal it may be that men, who are generally heavier than women, overcome the protective cushion of the air bag and strike the steering wheel more readily.
People traffickers steer leaky rubber boats towards the vessels and then send a distress signal to summon rescuers. Times, Sunday Times
All models get power steering as standard with top spec models also getting ABS. Times, Sunday Times
I think a lot of people, women in particular, steer clear of these sensitive issues.
I usually steer a middle course which avoids both waste and effort.
The only annoyance is that the wiper and light control stalks remain on the Japanese sides of the steering wheel.
Enhanced immune function was not equivocal in beef feedlot steers.
After waiting a few minutes longer, the crew hoisted the lateen sail, and Yellow Handkerchief steered down toward the mouth of San Rafael Creek. YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF
Steer clear of trees with giant blooms. Times, Sunday Times
Lehmann steered a ball from Strong to third man and called for a second run but he had not anticipated Brown hitting the stumps with a fast throw from the boundary edge.
It was a job that required him to play his trombone while steering a horse by reins attached to his knees. Times, Sunday Times
The finished carbody was mounted on a pair of dual-axle rubber-tired bogies, the front set being steerable.
He grabbed the steering wheel from her to prevent the car going off the road.
He had been steering by the feel of the wind on his face and the luff of the trysail. CORMORANT
There's a new indoor heated saltwater pool, and the hotel can organise coasteering expeditions. Times, Sunday Times
Learn to surf, try your hand at zip wire-ing, coasteering or cliff hanging or simply lie back and catch some rays on the UTR private beach. I Like Music - music news
The rack - and - pinion steering is sharp, and the torsion beam rear axle gives car a grown - up feel.
As per the vehicle's steering and handling, it is generally ponderous and has a slow response to steering inputs.
‘A few short ribs at the bow and stern will be fitted later when the new keelson is in place,’ said John Steer, one of the committee members.
He will get special kit to steer the plane, using his prosthetic leg to control the rudder pedals. The Sun
But those wanting to keep on the right side of the law will have to steer clear of the grape.
His proposals include fitting cars with smaller engines and banning power steering and automatic gearboxes.
The practical steering lock complements the upright riding position and wide handlebars. The Sun
In the absence of steerage way, the yacht can't head up; the misplaced center of effort takes charge, and she yaws.
Go coasteering, sea kayaking, surfing and kiteboarding, then get toasty at your eco-lodge. Times, Sunday Times
It also emerged at the meeting that there were problems with the steering and the rudder.
This car in particular seemed to oversteer very badly.
They may be shills eager to steer you into a favored silver or wood shop, which give them a cut.
There was a little bit of understeering but it is better to have a bit of understeer than oversteer during the race so I told my engineer don't touch anything I am happy to carry on like that.
Mom steers the Bug down their long, gullied driveway, trying not to bottom-out at the end. Angels Carry the Sun excerpt: Chapter One, In the Woods
Consequently, the steerable wheel does not have to be positioned at a specific angle.
With the New Year legislation, many drivers have have been making a New Year resolution to steer clear of trouble.
The intent is to steer these students toward enrollment despite the regents' desire for a color-blind admissions policy.
The steering requires constant concentration as it's very sensitive and prone to the slightest camber in the road.
Steering: power assisted rack and pinion.
Keep this in mind next time you make a pit stop at a fast-food drive-through - the steering wheel of your car harbours nine times more germs than a public toilet seat.
Many hardboat skippers have PCs by the helm, displaying electronic charts, plotting their position from a GPS interface and even steering the boat's auto-pilot.
The steering wheel isn't the only possible basis for Cowan's analogy.
In addition, the power-assisted steering doesn't get all wishy-washy so the driver can feel what the front wheels are doing.
He was steering with only one hand.
BAGBY CENTENNIAL ARRIVING THURSDAY FOUR CATTLECARS OF STOCK MESSMORE GARRETT CARY MONTANA So when the freight pulled in on Thursday afternoon, most of Centennial was at the station to see who would be handling the Garrett steers. Centennial
A grand cross-bred Hereford steer secured the challenge cup for the best fat beast in the show.
He shifted the lever into neutral and released the hand brake, then cranked the steering wheel as far to the right as he could.
The rabbis try to steer clear of political questions.
Monique broke off her embittered harangue of the soldiers on the pier, and Professor Saito steered his wife's arm towards the reef. RUSHING TO PARADISE
just keep your wits about you and steer clear of the concrete jungle that entangles Tokyo's barely beating heart.
Improving driver's steer is cared by the traffic department and carrying company.
The Seastag moved slowly northward, then hove to off the southern breakwater, waiting, the paddle wheels turning just enough to keep the ship with bare steerageway. Wellspring of Chaos
These days we're dropping beans to troops on steerable parafoil style parachues. The 1990 Augustine Commission Revisited - NASA Watch
Inside, Sparco race-style leather seats and black/blue leather steering wheel match with the aluminium handbrake, gear knobs and pedals.
Spacing at the half-wavelength level would allow large-angle beam steering without creating this detrimental flyback effect.
Utilization of mature low-quality grass hay by lambs and steers supplemented with soybean meal products
Though other tracked vehicles can tear up soft terrain, our tracks steer much the same as a tire-equipped vehicle.
They don't have rudders or tillers or handles or anything with which you might steer.
They probably incapacitated the flight crews, then took over the controls and steered the aircraft into their targets, the experts said.
As speed is increased on a turn of constant radius, the steering angle must be reduced on an oversteering vehicle, and increased on an understeering vehicle.
As long as you keep pedalling, you won't fall over, and as long as you steer, you won't run into anything.
Birds may use celestial bodies or the Earth's magnetic field to steer their way but they also depend on major topographical features to aid in navigation.
One hand was soon cut off with a hatchet, and as he still continued to steer the boat down the stream, he was "quieted" by a musket-shot. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10
If I really want some chips, I pick up a single-size serving, and I steer clear of the vending machine, arming myself by preparing fruits and vegetables as snacks.
Such modulation in steering muscle activity presumably causes alterations in wing motion and aerodynamic forces.
The car incorporates lots of Formula One-style technology, from trick underfloor aerodynamics to special steering wheel controls.
During the collection period, fecal samples were taken from each steer twice daily.
Choose from five driving modes or set the engine, gearbox and steering to suit your own style. The Sun
The steering is tauter, the brakes sharper and the whole car more grippy and planted.
I was neither steered in one direction nor pushed away from another. Times, Sunday Times
Marcus steered me away from the desks and towards the fringes of the crowd, which was now composed only of people in white tunics.
He was prepared to stand watch and steer the ship for forty or fifty days or however long was necessary.
This would let the jet stream high-altitude winds run through Europe and help to steer the storms away from our shores. Times, Sunday Times
Remove the ignition key and engage the steering lock, even when parking on your own property.
The two models come with new 18-inch alloy wheels used exclusively on this editions, heated mirrors, leather interior, leather steering wheel, heated leather seats and the possibility to enter in the car with your key in you pocket, called keyless entry. Top Speed
I wondered what the drivers were thinking of, arched over their steering wheels, nose-to-tail in the rush hour jam.
Trying to control a control freak is like fighting over the steering wheel in a moving car. Christianity Today
It's difficult to steer and change gear at the same time.
Instead, I attempted to steer the conversation toward the socioeconomic differences between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. Christianity Today
Freely, an authority on Ottoman history, steers a clear course through these intricacies.
Alternatively, there may be a problem with the belt that drives the power steering pump. Times, Sunday Times
The other two are for steering and to control the power of the kite. Times, Sunday Times
You steer and I'll push.
Although the competition is four years away, already a steering committee has been set up to coordinate with the event organisers at a local level.
In the great state of Texas, a man takes it like a man, or a steer, which is not a camel or a cow. Whitehelmet Diary Entry
The long oarlike rudder was on the board or side of the ship to the right of the stern, called the starboard or steerboard. Days of the Discoverers
The cows and calves looked done up, and the steer's tongue was out -- it was hottish weather; the old dog had been 'heeling' him up too, for he was bleeding up to the hocks, and the end of his tail was bitten off. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields
Despite the Home Office's denials, Mr Brown has previously suggested that the Guardian Group has ‘got a clear steer from somebody on the inside’.
Gordon's characterization of previous Aurobindo biographies as "hagiographies," that is, as attempts to "read back the holy man into the earlier stages of his career" p. ix, and distinguishes these from his own intention to steer clear of glorification. Archive 2005-11-01
The stars turned to streaking blurs as they were hurled forward, Maia pushing the steering handles as far forward as they would go.
The car can be driven on the throttle quite easily, with both understeer and oversteer smoothly quelled by your right foot.
‘They steer away from anything that looks too engagementy, so solitaires, three-stones and clusters are out but we do sell a lot of solitaire necklaces and diamond crosses,’ he says.
By adopting case studies and topical history research, we try to achieve breakthroughs in research perspective and methods, and to steer communization researches in China.
The intent is to steer these students toward enrollment despite the regents' desire for a color-blind admissions policy.
The plane dramatically fell from 27,000 ft to 3,000 ft in just eight minutes as the pilot attempted to steer his way into the Roma airport to land.
We were right in our guesses here to a tittle, and we steered directly through a large outlet, which they call a strait, though it be fifteen miles broad, and to an island they call Dammer, and from thence N.N.E. to The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton
And steer clear of refined sugars, white flour and fried foods, or at least cut down on them.
Dr Evans this week issued guidelines to locals living in the bush capital on how to steer clear of an attack by the cuddly looking marsupials.
The gearbox slips merrily from cog to cog and the steering is nicely weighted. Times, Sunday Times
Diff-locks click out when speeds or steering angles exceed preset limits.
Stereolithography works by steering laser beams through a photosensitive liquid that solidifies when it is exposed to enough light.
When I was a kid, about six or seven, she would often let me steer the car along our driveway.
Few comedic gambits are more likely to guarantee disaster than impressions of heavily accented family members, territory that he wisely steered clear of.
The dairy-type conformation does not lend itself readily to beef production and though steers will fatten they grow rather slowly.
The front wheels are connected to the handle, so if you pull the handle to the right, the front wheels turn the right as well, making the wagon easier to steer and reducing the amount of force required by the "puller". Epinions Recent Content for Home
His hands immediately both found the steering wheel as he released the brake and pressed onto the gas.
He grabbed the wheel and steered it away from pedestrians and cars. The Sun
Staphylococcus - a germ species most commonly associated with nose-picking - was found in abundance on steering wheels and driver's seats.
I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me. Dave Barry
But our most memorable day out was coasteering. Times, Sunday Times
I'm trying to lose weight so I have to steer clear of fattening foods.
Once on the move, the first thing that impresses is how responsive the power-assisted steering is, feeling quicker than its three turns lock to lock would suggest and conferring a decent level of communication from the front wheels.
Plunger pump in the steering system bring fluid pulsation, there out pressure pulsation in subsequence system.
The crew members would do more than steer quickly or trim the sails like speed demons.
Steer control induces a resistance in the steering, encouraging the driver to steer away from the resistance and so, out of the skid or slide.
It can help us to steer a steady course through life.
Each team comprises 18 paddlers, one drummer, one steersman (also called a sweep) and one flag-catcher.
Well, I'm going to steer clear of the predictions for full-fledged 'virtual reality' - I think those are probably way too far off to be realistic, especially as they were suggested in the 1980s and we've not gotten *especially* closer. Gaze into your Crystal Ball
Assuming that your question is not rhetorical: a tiller is the "stick" you use on a sailboat to control the rudder and steer the boat. Snap Polls Give Debate Win To Obama
The auto has a paddle-shifter on each side of the steering wheel - right for up, left for down - and uncannily the system has a device called downshift rev matching, causing one passenger to remark: "I thought this was an automatic. Stuff.co.nz - Stuff
Steering the Indian space programme since 1994, he has always insisted that forays into the frontiers of space will always be driven by the desire to fulfil the needs of social welfare.
Not a hint of understeer or oversteer could I find at my modest speeds.
The steering rack on a car without power steering has just two pieces: the rack and the pinion gear.
The clear implication was that the minister should steer clear of issues outside that remit. Times, Sunday Times
There was one great steer in particular, reckoned to be ten or twelve years old, quite a celebrity in fact on account of his unmanageableness, his independence and boldness, which we had frequently seen and tried to secure, but hitherto without success. Ranching, Sport and Travel
I attempted to steer the conversation towards another course.

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