Sentence examples for a firmness in from inspiring English sources

"But when you have a firmness in the right, you proceed".

McKinley biographer H. Wayne Morgan notes, "McKinley was the guiding spirit behind the annexation of Hawaii, showing ... a firmness in pursuing it"; the President told Cortelyou, "We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California.

Without missing a beat, and with a noticeable firmness in tone, he answered: "If you don't have a dream, you have nothing.

"But we're seeing a real firmness in the marketplace for retailers that used the last couple of years to get their house in order".

Dove-Edwin served in London for six years, the longest any Nigerian ambassador has stayed in the British capital, and he is still recalled with affection by many as someone who worked hard for the improvement of relations, while retaining a calm firmness in protecting national and African interests.

Note any firmness in your abdomen.

United in sending Iraq a message of firmness in an initial resolution, the Security Council will, we have no doubt, remain united to assume all of its responsibilities during the second stage, should Iraq violate its commitments.

Though energy prices accounted for much of the increase, the Bank of Canada said there was also "an underlying firmness in the price-setting environment".

It was a mixture of defiance and moderation, a call for peace and for firmness in a time of violence.

Mr. Christie — "The Governor," as his first television spot proclaimed him, with a firmness suggesting that even people in Peoria might identify him as such — has raised triple the money she has.

Finally we show how our FSR-equations can be used in a texture engineering context; they provide rational guidance to product reformulation studies and allow for extrapolation of a firmness measurement to practical situations in which the gel is subjected to prolonged creep loading.