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Example sentences for "held firmly"

  • Held firmly by the root, she still turns to the Sun she loves, and, changed herself, she keeps her love unchanged.

  • The drill holder or socket is in a separate piece, the bottom portion of which is provided with a square or round recess for holding the drill shanks, and is held firmly in its socket by means of a set-screw.

  • It is held in a wooden handle, which should be long enough to grasp in both hands, so that the tool may be held firmly.

  • Remember that the magnets must be held firmly in the yoke.

  • The resulting yoke may be held firmly to the magnets by the use of 2 extra nuts, as in Fig.

  • M is held firmly to A by cord or wire, which should pass around it near the poles and at the curved part.

  • If this is well done, the coil will be held firmly in an upright position.

  • The Simple Cell= should be arranged so that the plates will be held firmly in position.

  • Nail to one end of I a small spool, S, and into this put a short length of lead-pencil, P, which may be held firmly in S by wrapping a little paper around it.

  • They may be held firmly by small nails which should be driven partly into the block and bent over.

  • A large curved staff with a central groove is to be held firmly hooked up against the symphysis pubis, and then steadied by the left forefinger in the rectum.

  • He held firmly to his alliance with the latter, even when, after the battle at Granson, Milan and Savoy turned aside from the vanquished party and joined the king.

  • Even after he had resolved to leave the hands of Cecco Simonetta’s enemies free, whereby those who caballed with King Ferrante must cling to the rudder, he held firmly to Lorenzo.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "held firmly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    dear people; excellent remedy; feudal system; held fast; held firmly; held forth; held himself; held out; held out his hand; held responsible; held the; held them; held till; held together; held until; held until his death; hippopotamus major; international justice; little prayer; little village; noble queen; perfect good; real value; riddle about; thou liest; touch the