Sentence examples for firm nerve from inspiring English sources

He grabbed my collarbone with the firm nerve pinch that some Iranian men use to show affection.

Dewey's mail room and copy room - in some ways a paper-pushing law firm's nerve center - were shut on Wednesday.

INFOSYS, one of India's biggest and trendiest outsourcing firms, set nerves jangling on November 14th when it said it would give its workers year-long sabbaticals to do charity work.

Mr. Blair today called on his restive party to "stand firm" and "hold its nerve" and not be diverted by the "froth" of internal cabinet disputes.

The securities firms that form the nerve center of American capitalism hate to cut their prices, and nowhere is that fact more apparent than in the lucrative business of underwriting initial offerings.

In an effort to soothe jangled nerves, the firm sent an e-mail message to employees Monday assuring them that Bear was still in business and that they would get their salaries — cold comfort to bankers who receive upward of 90percentt of their compensation in a year-end bonus.

The enlarged transverse cervical nerves were firm, cord-like, and tender on palpation.

Despite a severe case of nerves, Bertie gave a resounding, inspirational speech rallying the country to stand firm in the face of war.

There were also awkward questions for the pollsters, including whether the "bunching" of final surveys reflected a lack of nerve on each firm's part to be out of line with the others.

To do that they must hold their nerve and let firms fail: a culture of bankruptcy should replace the lifelines and "evergreening" of useless loans.

— Shortly after Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer reunite on Thursday morning to hit the honorary opening tee shots in the Masters, 96 golfers will begin battling their own jangling nerves and a firm and fast Augusta National golf course.