Sentence examples for testing the firmness from inspiring English sources

He raised high into the air his "spud": a basic piece of ice fishing equipment that consists of a six-foot-long steel pipe with a spike on the bottom and is used for testing the firmness of the ice.

We tested the firmness of a Gruyere by gently crushing samples between our rear molars, and inspected the exterior molds of a bloomy-rind goat cheese to make sure it conformed to stylistic standards.

He uses sceptical doubts to test the firmness of candidates put forward for the foundations of Knowledge.

New York -- President Barack Obama enters his second term with a pledge that will test either the firmness of his resolve or the skillfulness of his elusiveness, namely the Iran pledge, in which he vowed not to allow the Islamic Republic of Iran to become a nuclear state.

Test the firmness of the cucumber.

Test the firmness of the bottle.

One of the jumpsuited operatives stood atop the boards, testing their firmness with apparent satisfaction, while the other quickly loaded the cones into the back of the truck.

This test monitors the firmness of fibrin clots when the contribution of platelets, in particular their interaction with fibrin ogen) and their contractile force, is removed.

Touch your thumb to your middle finger and test out the firmness of your thumb muscle to determine what a medium-rare steak should feel like.

I called him by the name I had just given him, dangled a biscuit and he stood, pawed the earth before him, as if testing its firmness, then turned shyly away.

This Digi-Test won't grow tired from testing various apples' firmness, and is apparently way better at its job than you are.