firmness
Example Sentences
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On Saturday, King Felipe hailed Pope Leo's "clarity and firmness" on the issue, saying it was "essential in the process of healing and reparation of the damage inflicted".
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
A forkful should reveal layers — firmness, silk, softness — not one uniform paste.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026
Even if the call had been intimidating, the judge wrote in his ruling, he was not convinced that such a call “would have chilled a person of ordinary firmness from exercising their First Amendment rights.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
Still, nit-pickers noticed that the benign CPI print was lowered by a sharp drop in used-car prices, which Deutsche Bank economists note offset broad-based firmness elsewhere.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
He said it with such firmness, we knew his words were laid plank on plank to obscure the marker we had seen.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
