| The soil should preferably be firmed so that it most readily absorbs day heat to depth and reradiates it continuously through the night. |
| The desire to live in Shanghai firmed her resolution to win the competition for a place with the airline. |
| Watching her 13-year-old daughter falter in her studies and become more and more unsocial has firmed Yang's decision to divorce. |
| And his grip on my hand firmed, his fingers now curling and twisting over mine as he stood. |
| Bank of America has firmed up plans to set up a captive BPO outfit in Hyderabad, which will begin operations next month. |
| Wheel tracks are quite visible where they have firmed the soil in a stand of winter what planted in a poor, loose seedbed. |
