He had nothing to lose and so might contribute a steadying influence.

He had 492 assists in 72 games and was a steadying influence.

His father, whom he describes as a steadying influence, was a farmer who later became a photographer.

I asked him if he thought that perhaps he was a steadying influence on Ken.

Girls were a steadying influence, at least in these classes.

He has a steadying influence, but it's not as if anything will collapse.

Having already accomplished so much this season has been a steadying influence on Weatherspoon.

It also has a kind a steadying influence, figuratively speaking.

"Can't let you all go into a brawl like this without my steadying influence."

He started with the band in 1965, and has been the steadying influence for the last thirty years.