Sentence examples for with the firmness from inspiring English sources

"They tried to dissuade him, but not with the firmness that was necessary".

Mr. Bush spoke with the firmness of a man determined to step past the complications of the election and validate his hold on the office with pledges of high purpose.

Bread cheese, or, in Finnish, juustoleipa ("yoo-sto-lay-pa") is fresh curds shaped and baked, resulting in a cheese with the firmness of bread, which (fun fact!) in Finland is often dunked in coffee.

Her ground rules are strict — the maximum number of sessions is six — and she voices them with the firmness of an elementary schoolteacher addressing a class and setting boundaries.

All in all, and a world away from the seats of power with which Mantel is currently preoccupied as she completes the concluding part of her Cromwell trilogy, these are alluring portraits of interior disquiet, even if they don't quite hold in the memory with the firmness you keep hoping for.

Interestingly, the firmness at harvest was not correlated with the firmness following storage at each of the sites, with some genotypes having similar firmness at harvest and considerably different firmness following storage.

Thank goodness that things are so different in Northern Ireland.DENNIS BONESNacogdoches, TexasSIR You say "NATO must set about disarming the Albanian guerrilla army with all the firmness and thoroughness it can muster" ("Cooling down Kosovo", June 26th).

NATO must set about disarming the Albanian guerrilla army with all the firmness and thoroughness it can muster.So far, some NATO units have looked too ready to stand by, while Albanian Kosovars took their revenge on those whose leaders, with the complicity of many ordinary Serbs, oppressed them.

Skate wing, for example, proved watery and flabby, with none of the firmness and sweet, nutty flavor that distinguishes this fish.

Whether you are chargrilling thin slices before roasting, or adding cubes to a stew or oven tray with other ingredients, the firmness of the flesh means they won't disintegrate, unlike some of the more fibrous summer and acorn squashes, including pumpkin.

The conceptual elements in VanderMeer's fiction are so striking that the firmness with which he cinches them to his characters' lives is often overlooked.