firm
adjective
not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid.
had firmed
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past perfectof firm.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Stocks had firmed on Friday after a benign August payrolls report hardened expectations for an end to rate hikes.
From Reuters ● Sep. 4, 2023
It had firmed 0.1% against the yuan to 8.32 .
From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2022
It had firmed 0.5% against the yuan to 7.985 .
From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2022
The Mail on Sunday had withheld publication, but by April 1996 had firmed up their story and published Bashir's fake documents.
From BBC ● May 20, 2021
The snow had melted and the mud had firmed.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
