remain firm

How To Use remain firm In A Sentence

• I certainly don’t think that Iranian popular discontent should be disregarded, but we’ve been hearing these sorts of arguments about the restive Iranian population for years, and while I have no reason to believe that they aren’t true, Khamenei and his allies have consistently proven expert at deflecting calls for reform and preserving their regime, the main levers of which remain firmly in Khamenei’s hands. Wonk Room » For More Tehran-ology
• Nearchus, however, went along the deck encouraging the men to remain firm and—in a move that must have struck the frightened sailors as sheer madness—ordered the helmsmen to turn their bows toward the whales in attack formation. Alexander the Great
• The ‘moving center’ of the dance, in jive's case the handhold, should remain firm.
• They remain firmly allied to the South, and their troops in combat zones along the border would still act as a tripwire in any North/South war.
• But most of the shutters on the numerous holiday apartments dotted around the village remain firmly closed. The Sun
• He was surprisingly lucid, claimed the pain wasn't bad at the moment, and was lamenting the fact that he must remain firmly ensconced in his recliner for the next few days.
• Curriculum and uniform remain firmly those of the English public school of the 1930's, with khaki drill and the works of John Buchan still very much de rigueur.
• As the new potatoes are less floury, they remain firm and distinct.
• Cotton prices remain firm and demand is strong.
• But most of the shutters on the numerous holiday apartments dotted around the village remain firmly closed. The Sun