Sentence examples for firmly blocked from inspiring English sources

Early this week Mr. Lott firmly blocked the attempt by Representative Henry Hyde and the impeachment managers from the House Judiciary Committee to dictate the procedural rules for a Senate trial.

Riyadh firmly blocked previous UN-led efforts to bring Iran into talks.

Jerry Colangelo, then an executive with the Phoenix Suns, served on a committee that also made changes to firmly define blocking fouls and call defensive 3-second violations in an attempt to open up the game.

On Friday, the Florida Supreme Court had taken the vote-counting case firmly in hand, blocking Secretary of State Katherine Harris from certifying the results of the election and setting Monday afternoon for argument on whether she can refuse to include the results of the manual recounts under way in three counties that missed the Nov. 14 deadline for submitting their results.

If they start showing you that want to mate tell them firmly no, then block and report them and leave.

Firmly attach the blocking boards at both ends with 3" nails on both sides, hammered in at an angle of 60 degrees.

7.44pm BST Bosnia press forward, gently but firmly, and win the first corner from a blocked cross-cum-shot from one Edin Dzeko.

41 min: Randi takes the ball up the left again, his cross is blocked and sits up for Juvenal who catches it firmly but inaccurately on the volley.

The activists physically block it, firmly telling the driver to reverse back onto the motorway as the cameras roll – a humiliating experience for the motorist who unleashes a hail of abuse and physical threats.

Tell her calmly but firmly that you will block her on social media if she posts any more negative comments about your weight or appearance and then do it if she does.

"We firmly oppose the complete blocking of the release of these emails," spokesman Brian Fallon said.