Sentence examples for struck firmly from inspiring English sources

Vareille's shot, along the ground to the right of the goalkeeper, was not struck firmly enough and Niemi was able to make the save.

They had been desperately blunt before going behind; Olivier Giroud wasting the best chance, stabbing tamely with the outside of his left boot at a ball that was waiting to be struck firmly beyond Adrian.

11.27am BST 18 min: Sterling moves the ball on to his right foot and shoots from 25 yards out but although it's struck firmly, he cuts across the ball and achieves too much swerve.

Inverness struggled to clear from a corner and, when Anderson chested the ball down and struck firmly towards goal, the Highlanders were relieved first by the shot coming off the post and then for Richie Foran's presence on the line.

Instead, the government promised to strike "firmly" at the armed gunmen, like the army defectors in Saqba, who it says represent the true face of an opposition it has branded as terrorists.

On housing delivery in general Pidgeon strikes a firmly interventionist note.

On 19 minutes Cisse scored, lifting the ball off the deck with his right foot and striking it firmly past Petr Cech with his left.

There is no need to strike too firmly.

Align the end of the snap setter vertically with the uncapped post and strike it firmly two or three times with the mallet.

It was pitched firmly toward the political middle, which was widely expected, but I was more struck at how firmly it was pitched towards the future.

The shot was firmly struck, but pretty much straight at the goalkeeper in the end.