Sentence examples for maintained a firm from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

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

He maintained a firm status as a popular leading actor throughout the 1970s in dramas such as The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Conversation (1974), and Night Moves (1975).

Though he never attempted an enumeration of the rights of man and would probably have disapproved of such an attempt, he maintained a firm belief in human dignity.

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?

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.