Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: firmer
IPA transcription: [f'ɝmɚ]
Usage examples
  • But the otter only keeps a firmer hold.
  • Secure of these permanent sources, civilization will stand on a firmer foundation.
  • Morns like these we parted; Noons like these she rose, Fluttering first, then firmer, To her fair repose.
  • One thought, above all others, harassed and alarmed me; it was one calculated to shake firmer nerves than mine.
  • It is described as like gelatine, but much firmer: but, having been in water 24 hours, it swelled out, and looked altogether gelatinous--
  • A dead tree stands apparently as firmly as ever--it may even seem firmer because it is harder--but it is rotten at the core, and soon must fall.
  • The crevasses were much firmer than expected and we got down with some difficulty, found our night camp of December 20, and lunched an hour after.
  • But the harder she pulled the firmer seemed the plant, and at last, determined not to be beaten, she gave one great tug, and the rosemary remained in her hands.
  • If we allow, that belief is nothing but a firmer and stronger conception of an object than what attends the mere fictions of the imagination, this operation may, perhaps, in some measure, be accounted for.
  • A, B, C, is the "lever-stick." Notch it deeply at A, where it is to receive the trigger; notch it also at B, half an inch from A; and at C, 5 inches or so from B. In lashing B to the grip of the stock at D, the firmer you make the lashing, the better.