Sentence examples for maintain a firm from inspiring English sources

What is even more alarming, Eiji does not always maintain a firm grasp on reality.

Still, it is essential that both operators maintain a firm, even hold on the handles at all times.

Second, the new Taiwanese government should maintain a firm principle of self-sovereignty, yet adopt a low-key approach in negotiating with China.

But how easy is it to maintain a firm line between your private identity and your public, professional identity on a social media profile?

Meanwhile, Anglo American will keep its prime Chilean asset, and the two Japanese companies will maintain a firm foothold in a copper industry that is booming thanks to relentless demand from China.

As my colleague at The New York Times, Ian Johnson, wrote, the turmoil is "pitting a pent-up popular demand for change against the Communist Party's desire to maintain a firm grip".

In other locales, Disney has typically maintained a firm grip on the immediately adjacent real estate.

What is certain is that the Assad family has long maintained a firm grip on the military.

Always he maintained a firm faith in appearances; he seems to have assumed a woman to be the sum of hers.

In Vogt's performance, passages of powerful abandon never lost their rocking rhythmic snap, and lyrical passages maintained a firm intellectual command of Brahms's compositional filigree.

Mark the locations for the holes and start drilling slowly while maintaining a firm grip on the drill to keep the bit from wandering off the marks.