Sentence examples for firmly loyal from inspiring English sources

Although pressed to claim the empire for himself, Germanicus remained firmly loyal to Tiberius.

He helped to make it plain that anti-Communism was not merely an extension of American hegemonic aims, but possible to imagine as part of an independent-minded nationalism, and confirmed a republican practice — to which, for all his aristocratic manners and autocratic ways, he remained firmly loyal — that didn't demand an Anglo-American aura.

When a worried banker called and asked, "How's my collateral?" Mr. Ludwig said, "When we find the goddamn thing I'll let you know". And in the 1950's, cables used to arrive at the Ludwig shipyard offices in Japan with such blunt messages as: "Mr. Ludwig wants to know what the hell is holding you up". Despite his crustiness, Mr. Ludwig was firmly loyal to some old associates.

Workers were unwaveringly loyal.

At the outbreak of the Civil War she remained firmly and publicly loyal to the United States.

Xi, in a speech last August, said: "We have to make sure the front of the internet is firmly controlled by people who are loyal to Marxism, loyal to the party and loyal to the people". Rare examples of liberalism, such as the act of defiance against censorship by reporters at Southern Weekly last January, led to increased controls by the authorities.

Despite a decline in reach for BBC2, the trust said the channel's loyal audience "believe firmly" in its quality … offering something different from the other channels with distinctive dramas and original comedies".

Palin waited until she famously quit as governor to stab her most loyal acolyte, Frank Bailey, firmly in the back.

The security forces, part of the Warsaw Pact, were called on to enforce martial law and remained loyal to a government firmly in the Soviet Union's orbit.

Before an American-backed Iraqi military operation last year, Al Obeidi and many parts of eastern Baghdad were firmly in the grip of militia loyal to an anti-American Shiite cleric, Moktada al-Sadr.

Kharkiv, the largest city in Ukraine's mainly Russian-speaking east, has been the scene of violent protests by separatists over the past year but is now firmly under government control and most residents remain loyal to Kiev.