Sentence examples for firm finger from inspiring English sources

The size and arrangement of the soil 'aggregate or crumbs' were examined under firm finger pressure (NRSHC 2002).

After a local lout gave her elbow a couple of ill- timed tugs, she turned to him very slowly, raised a firm finger and said: "Nevuh — evuh! — touch the waitress".

Witherspoon is such a fiercely bright screen presence with a kind of Colgate ring of over-confidence; she needs a savvy director with firm fingers on the brightness and contrast dials.

It will be a big surprise if criminal charges are brought against executives at the vast majority of the 2,270 firms fingered by one recent academic study—or even at all of the 60-or-so firms now being investigated by the authorities.The pity is that the abuse of share options may hurt Silicon Valley in ways that the proper accounting for options introduced this year manifestly has not.

Dunn's departure ultimately came as a result of her decision to hire a private investigation firm to finger who on the HP board was leaking information to the media.

Such firm pressure, fingers separated — he might almost have been taking stock of my body in a professional way.

Tucked in behind, and sticking a firm two fingers into the grille of the tedious fitness fascists, is Kiradech Aphibarnrat.

From Scott Murray of The Guardian: "Tucked in behind, and sticking a firm two fingers into the grille of the tedious fitness fascists, is Kiradech Aphibarnrat.

Smith attempts to personify the firm by fingering Blankfein and Cohn, but speaking of "moral fibre" when talking of an institution as vast and deeply integrated into the global financial system as Goldman Sachs is specious.

It has failed to take off, however, in large part because so many firms have fingers in the mobile-payment pie, and often block others from grabbing a big piece of it.

Marker held kindergarten-firm between fingers that I daresay are now becoming a whole lot less pudgy and are instead slightly thinner, longer, stronger, older.