From late afternoon on, the energy in the hall had built steadily.

I felt things were going well, building steadily and surely.

One is that systemic risk built steadily in the system.

He has steadily built support among blacks since first winning office in 1989 with only about 10 percent of the black vote.

The fire started out light, ragged, but it built steadily.

Moreover, they were steadily building their wealth and political influence.

They steadily built a lead and were up, 42-32, at halftime.

Since then, through the department we have steadily built up our funding and investment in this vital industry.

American diplomats say the boom began early this summer and has built steadily.

He'd been steadily building his network of vampire hunters ever since.