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 U.S. payrolls report hardened expectations for an end to rate hikes.
From Reuters ● Sep. 4, 2023
It had lost 0.1% to trade at 60.96 versus the euro and had firmed 0.4% against the yuan to 8.38 .
From Reuters ● Nov. 8, 2022
The safe-haven currency had firmed sharply in late November, when the Omicron variant first emerged.
From Reuters ● Dec. 15, 2021
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
