Sentence examples for firmly taking from inspiring English sources

"No," she said firmly, taking the pen away.

He confronts the powerful, firmly taking on Nixon's vice president, Spiro Agnew, Ted Kennedy or Arthur "Punch" Sulzberger of the Times.He knew everyone.

"Those people have got to realize that the only way Islam is going to weed out the radicals is through the moderates of Islam truly and firmly taking over the show," he said.

So I hope that Mr Kirby will understand that I am not with him on this one, firmly taking the view that what's good enough for the OED must surely also be good enough for the Guardian.

Once the scan is complete, users can customize it from a selection of hair styles, clothes, glasses and the like, before firmly taking up residence in the uncanny valley.

Time will tell if the term sticks, but this is an artist firmly taking control of his sound, unlike the inconsistencies that relegated many "fusion" records to the dollar bin.

His parents firmly took root there.

Radicalism Takes Root Radical politics had also firmly taken root.

By the late 1990s, the foundry had firmly taken root.

And I firmly take this as a privilege.

Mr. Abdi said that Ayatollah Khamenei had firmly taken charge of possible bilateral talks.