Sentence examples for fiercely held from inspiring English sources

Beneath the surrealism, Lynch's work abides by fiercely held principles.

Yet their construction and their use has often reflected deep passions and fiercely held prejudices".

For China, a current round of visitors sits well with the country's fiercely held foreign policy of non-intervention.

Frances, the well-educated daughter of a judge, had grown up in Auburn, and her political views were even more fiercely held than her husband's.

The enduring image was of the expression of anguished emotion on Mr. López's face as he was fiercely held in a bear hug by his two sons.

Nowadays, the land is given over mostly to truck farms and brambly family estates, fiercely held against an advancing tide of condominiums and golf courses.

The Mets have earned that designation and are fiercely holding onto it.

But as the hospital merger boom continues, hospitals fiercely holding onto their independence may find it more difficult to compete against bigger, leaner organizations, say analysts.

"Walmart is fiercely holding its own in the competition vs. Amazon," Cowen & Co. analyst Oliver Chen said in a note.

However, if the first day's results had been disappointing, General Collins found cause for encouragement; although the Germans were fiercely holding their positions, these did not seem to form a continuous line and were susceptible to being outflanked or bypassed.

When Celtic pagans or early Christians (the holiday's origins are fiercely debated) held feasts to celebrate the autumn harvest, they couldn't have imagined that one day a man dressed as an Italian plumber created by a Japanese corporation would commemorate the night by peeing on my stoop.