Sentence examples for Solid from inspiring English sources

The word "solid" is correct and usable in written English
Generally, you can use it to describe something that is firm or unchanging. For example, "He has built a solid reputation as an honest businessman."

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Solid

adjective

In the state of a solid; not fluid.

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Even now, it is not clear whether the policy is all that effective with the annual rise in credit for investment purposes rising by 10%, which is a large factor behind house price growth at a solid 7.5% to 8% with Sydney prices up around 14%.

And they want something solid to vote on now, rather than afterwards".

This hasn't been a solid show since its first season, and yet somehow it's nominated for best drama series again, alongside the vastly superior Game of Thrones, The Good Wife, The Affair and House of Cards.

"Ultimately we are looking to build up a solid foundation of expertise among commissioners so they commissioning can be done expertly and consistently," she says.

In Germany alone, where large swaths of the country, from Bavaria to Saxony, are underwater after two weeks of solid rain, an estimated 50,000 people have been evacuated from their homes.

Games with a strong England, an excellent France and a solid Czechoslovakia team are remembered more now for the head of the Kuwaiti FA striding onto the pitch mid-game to tell the referee that a fourth French goal should be disallowed (the official obeyed).

Matthaus's contribution was solid rather than inspirational and for much of the game the Germans relied on free-kicks and centres, especially when they were provided by Brehme, for their scoring chances.

The solid gold Apple Watch Edition, which retails for upwards of £8,000, was particularly hit, with some models being so backordered that they have an expected delivery date of August (since then, the Edition supply problems seem to have been sorted, and gold lovers can pick one up for June delivery).

It's partly the lack of solid walls, with the sense that, when you sleep in a field with strangers, and can hear the farting and the sighing, the whispered bedtime stories, the trips to the loo in pyjamas, we are all in it together.

Rather, the CPS said the decision on immunity was academic as it had solid fact-related grounds for the basis on which it determined it could not prosecute Sheikh Nasser.

Labour is heading into 2013 with a solid 10% point lead over the Conservatives, while Ukip continues to surge and now has more than half the level of support enjoyed by David Cameron's party, according to the latest Opinium/Observer poll.

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