How to Use stand firm in a Sentence

stand firm

phrase
  • If someone attempts to rush you, stand firm!
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2026
  • But stripping also taught me how to stand firm in the face of that.
    Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The silent majority must be helped to stand firm and speak its mind.
    Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Arce vowed to stand firm and named a new army commander who ordered troops to stand down.
    Majd Al-Waheidi, NPR, 27 June 2024
  • One automaker could decide to raise wages, or decide to stand firm.
    WIRED, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The tribe countered with three people sitting out, only for the host to stand firm.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2024
  • But what if Rodríguez and her government stand firm?
    John Seiler, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
  • In the comments, many Reddit users came to her defense and urged her to stand firm.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
  • That decision — to stand firm, to be seen, to keep going — shaped more than a season.
    Emily Green, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
  • In his Record Manly tried to stand firm while some blacks begged him to apologize.
    David W. Blight, The New York Review of Books, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Instead, stand firm and push through this discomfort into the next, new chapter of your life.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2025
  • Reclaim your self-respect, stand firm in your values and opinions and be willing to speak up or say no.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
  • But for a whole host of reasons, Europe and the West have to stand firm and united.
    David A. Andelman, CNN, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Members of their communities should stand firm against such messaging and seek to rout it out.
    Dj Rosenthal, Baltimore Sun, 5 Nov. 2024
  • But the skiers stand firm that the beacon switching between modes isn’t always a user error.
    Amelia Arvesen, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Though Jeannie seemed ready to stand firm on this decision, the mother-in-law wasn't ready to back down just yet.
    Arabella Hau, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Rey stood next to him, wearing a trucker hat stamped with stand firm, a message from 1 Corinthians.
    Emily Gogolak, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • But the president decided to stand firm and not to use gimmicks to shore up the economy.
    Steven F. Hayward, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2022
  • And Hussein said the community will stand firm and united.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
  • So rather than hand Trump a binder full of unearned giveaways that scream weakness, Ishiba should stand firm.
    William Pesek, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • So eternal polygamy, which the faith has not deep-sixed, will, according to church doctrine, stand firm in the celestial realm.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
  • By Samantha Leach Be gracious, but stand firm in your decision.
    Samantha Leal, Glamour, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Some succumb to this pressure; others stand firm in the face of the onslaught of illegality.
    Photovogue, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2024
  • An overabundance of planets would seem to dilute the term itself, so most space scientists stand firm at either eight or nine.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Others echoed the sentiment, encouraging her to stand firm.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
  • It will be secured by men and women of courage who stand firm in the truth, by families that live in faith, by communities that choose virtue over chaos.
    Carolyn McKinney, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The path might be uncertain, but hold on to your vision, stand firm in the face of adversity, and find the resilience to weather the storms.
    Indiana (indy) Gregg, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • The Supreme Court must stand firm; the futures of our nation's most vulnerable—newborns—are at stake.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
  • Chaos enveloped as frustrated Democrats urged their GOP colleagues to stand firm.
    Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Carpenter hasn’t backed down and continues to stand firm on her controversial music.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026

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