Example sentences for: steer

How can you use “steer” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Chinese government officials tried to steer foreign donations to the Democratic National Committee , according to a Justice Department leak to the Washington Post . The Post said "electronic eavesdropping" bolstered the case.

  • In 1978, inspired by the civil-rights movement and his reading of Gandhi, Lee dreams up and then organizes the first sit-ins at an abortion clinic, and so helps to steer the anti-abortion movement from its polite letter-writing phase to its angry street-theater phase.

  • According to a recent story in Business Week , when Herman was at Labor, she also helped to steer government job-training grants to a firm she once worked for as well as to a youth-training program run by Jesse Jackson.

  • Peisistratus, a resourceful and relatively benign tyrant, continued to steer Athens towards greatness.

  • Inside the White House, according to Clinton sources, Vice President Al Gore and members of his staff, who have general responsibility for Internet-related issues, tried to steer the administration away from supporting the act.


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