firmness

Example Sentences

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Tomatoes are also best added without their watery pulp to maintain firmness.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 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

On the other side, the edge lacked firmness, causing you to slide off when sitting or lying down.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026

Norway has been calm, with ice-hard firmness, in its defence of Greenland and Denmark and collective security in the Arctic.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

I can’t bear the firmness of her voice.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan