Sentence examples for can't firmly from inspiring English sources

There's no reason you can't firmly decline and still be pleasant and polite; therefore, there's no reason to fear making a poor impression because you say no, as long as you're mindful of how you say it.

As with all cross-sectional study designs causal relationships can't be firmly determined due to the difficulty in determining the temporal relationship between the predictors and the outcomes.

In the centre, rushing in, Defoe can't miss, connecting firmly with the ball and blasting it straight past Handanovic, who could do nothing about it.

"The president has made clear - I can't state this more firmly - the policy is Iran will not get a nuclear weapon," Mr Kerry told senators.

"They can't have it," she says firmly.

But I can't always keep my mind firmly focused on the game.

O'Brien's biggest rejection occurred when Shaggy 2 Dope, of Insane Clown Posse, told him firmly, "I can't do it, man".

52 min: Bridge swings in a rudimentary cross from the left and Drogba connects with it firmly but can't direct it on target.

"I can't discuss that," he says firmly, but with a tantalising gurgling laugh, then changes the subject with the invitation: "See if you can guess which popular TV show I never miss?" My suggestion of Strictly Come Dancing is met with a look of horror, which doubles when I second-guess The Great British Bake-Off.

We can't escape the present, however firmly we shove our head in the calming quicksands of the past.

I can't plant my flag too firmly on any one side, because it's not a fair debate if everything is tinged with my personal opinion.