Sentence examples for fought firmly from inspiring English sources

Charlemagne used the church to hold his empire together and to enforce overlordship on the Papal States, while Adrian fought firmly but adroitly for ecclesiastical autonomy and painstakingly pieced together a papal domain that was not lost until the 19th century.

"The violent element must be fought very firmly by police and the law," said Ladhari.

The comfort is that this will be firmly fought down by the new moderate people's choice, Governor-elect Schwarzenegger, right?

The Nazis firmly fought the austrofascist regime of chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, and orchestrated his assassination.

Press firmly.

Press firmly, then release.

Press firmly together.

With the perennial political gun fight now firmly lodged in the campaign narrative, here are five storylines to watch as the candidates and their parties head into the homestretch.

And if Theresa May attempts to cut and run with an early Brexit-focused election, Labour should firmly fight on its ground.

Litigation is sure to follow from celebrity types not happy with their Spock profile, but Singh said flat out tonight that the site will firmly fight any attempts to defy the community's decisions on descriptive tags.

She talks about how she started by failing a state exam and how her family firmly supported and fought for her to study science at a time when girls were discouraged from doing so.