Sentence examples for firmly raised from inspiring English sources

The unrest within the security apparatus, which Mr. Conté had controlled firmly, raised fears of a possible coup.

Unfortunately the writer committed the jokes to memory, included them in his story and ensured that the Woods drawbridge was henceforward firmly raised when the press came calling.

By the end of it, the resentment from a public whose hopes had been firmly raised for hot dry evenings on the patio was so intense, that the Met Office felt obliged to issue a public apology.

If the team batting second goes on to win, Ashwin will have hand firmly raised and wildly waving when it comes to the man-of-the-match vote, which he's probably earned for Amla's dismissal alone.

Do people have to refer to you as Sir Pete?" asked Moby, eyebrow firmly raised.

It's a grand portrait of how these characters -- all firmly raised during the staid Eisenhower era -- sense that something's not right, but despite their best (and not-so-great) efforts, they can't put a finger on what's wrong or how to fix what they're sensing is broken in their lives and world.

Yet standing with his arms raised firmly above him, he's commanding and priestly.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — John Kerry's day-long victory dance celebrating the newly crowned World Champion Boston Red Sox — now there's a phrase that doesn't trip off the tongue — began Thursday morning when the presidential candidate emerged from his Toledo, Ohio, hotel with a Sox camp pulled down firmly over his brow, raised his arms exultantly and shouted "Yeah!" for waiting cameras.

"Natasha is back," Khrenov quietly and firmly interjected, without raising his eyelids.

Michael R. Bloomberg, the candidate, was firmly opposed to raising taxes, arguing they would "destroy this city".

When she was disappointed in someone or became disillusioned, she simply stopped talking about that person, and firmly, without ever raising her voice, instructed us to do the same in her presence.