What's the difference between firmly and grapple?

Firmly


Definition:

  • (adv.) In a firm manner.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Villagers, including one man who has been left disabled and the relatives of six men who were killed, are suing ABG in the UK high court, represented by British law firm Leigh Day, alleging that Tanzanian police officers shot unarmed locals.
  • (2) However, direct measurements of mediator release should be carried out to reach a firm conclusion.
  • (3) Video games specialist Game was teetering on the brink of collapse on Friday after a rescue deal put forward by private equity firm OpCapita appeared to have been given the cold shoulder by lenders who are owed more than £100m.
  • (4) One is that the issue of whether the World Cup should go ahead in Russia and Qatar still firmly remains on the table.
  • (5) Neil Blessitt Bristol • We need to establish what the legal position is with regard to the establishment by the government of a private company co-owned by the Department of Health and the French firm Sopra Steria.
  • (6) Particular attention has been paid to diabetes mellitus and chronic pancreatitis, but a firm conclusion cannot be drawn.
  • (7) Pupils who disrupt the learning of their classmates are dealt with firmly and, in many cases, a short suspension is an effective way of nipping bad behaviour in the bud."
  • (8) Cloning of the A-T allele(s) will assist in the early or prenatal diagnosis of A-T and provide a firm basis for determining who, in the general population, carries this gene and is therefore at a high risk of cancer.
  • (9) We are firmly opposed to that," an unidentified spokesman from the ministry of industry and information technology told the state news agency, Xinhua.
  • (10) Officers arrested her last month during the protest against oil drilling by the energy firm Cuadrilla at Balcombe in West Sussex – a demonstration Lucas has attended several times.
  • (11) "At the moment there are about 1,600 criminal justice firms, and they all have a contract with the lord chancellor.
  • (12) VAT increases don't just hit the poor more than the rich, they also hit small firms, threaten retail jobs and, by boosting inflation, could also lead to higher interest rates."
  • (13) Her story is an incredible tale of triumph over tragedy: a tormented childhood during China's Cultural Revolution, detention and forced exile after exposing female infanticide – then glittering success as the head of a major US technology firm.
  • (14) We firmly believe that a systematic approach to the 12-lead ECG can provide information that can diagnose the difference between ventricular and supraventricular tachycardia, and in many instances diagnose the mechanism and site of origin of the supraventricular tachycardia.
  • (15) Terry Waite Chair, Benedict Birnberg Deputy chair, Antonio Ferrara CEO The Prisons Video Trust • If I want to build a bridge, I call in a firm of civil engineers who specialise in bridge-building.
  • (16) The court hearing – in a case of the kind likely to be heard in secret if the government's justice and security bill is passed – was requested by the law firm Leigh Day and the legal charity Reprieve, acting for Serdar Mohammed, tortured by the Afghan security services after being transferred to their custody by UK forces.
  • (17) Doubts about Hinkley Point have deepened after a detailed report by HSBC’s energy analysts described eight key challenges to the project, which will be built by the state-backed French firm EDF and be part-financed by investment from China .
  • (18) China's relations with the NTC were strained last week when it emerged Chinese arms firms had talked to Muammar Gaddafi's representatives about weapons sales .
  • (19) It may not point to independence – nor, given that large swaths of Wales remain firmly dominated by Labour, mean any huge advance for Plaid Cymru.
  • (20) In order to identify these anchorage structures, the non-DNA materials that remain firmly bound to chromosomal DNA under conditions that disintegrate the high salt-stable architecture of nuclei were investigated.

Grapple


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.
  • (v. t.) To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly.
  • (v. i.) To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another.
  • (v. t.) A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.
  • (v. t.) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab.
  • (v. t.) A grappling iron.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It would seem that Cameron's repeated high-profile speeches on immigration may have more to do with meeting the political challenge of Ukip than grappling with any alleged problem of benefit or health "tourism".
  • (2) UK consumers spend £90bn a month on goods and services, but figures from the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills show that last year they grappled with more than 18m problems and were left £4.15bn out of pocket.
  • (3) Grappling with churches is about the most distasteful contest they can imagine.
  • (4) Primark’s heady pace of expansion has bolstered ABF, which is grappling with lower sugar prices that have reduced profits in its core business.
  • (5) He would have liked to spend the summer bolstering his case for a critical autumn referendum on constitutional reforms he supports, but instead he has been forced to grapple with the banking issues.
  • (6) The eurogroup source said that Samaras was expected to show up in Luxembourg on Thursday for the meeting of eurozone finance ministers which will grapple with Spain and how to respond to the Greek election results.
  • (7) But as Republicans grapple with how to respond to groups like Black Lives Matter, they risk inflicting the kind of harm that in 2012 earned GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney just 6% of the African American vote.
  • (8) Hookem said: “It was two people grappling, that had hold of each other, and were basically still stood up but wrestling.
  • (9) In recent months, Tunisia was already grappling with a growing jihadi problem.
  • (10) Needless to say, BoKlok's brains have grappled with the conundrum.
  • (11) Investigators grappling to solve the mystery of the jet's disappearance are set to scour a zone 1,100 miles (1,800km) west of Perth – previously subject to an aerial search – when an underwater probe resumes in August, the West Australian newspaper said.
  • (12) It is the latest in a string of measures introduced by the Chinese authorities as they continue to grapple with wild fluctuations in the share market, which have fallen by 40% since June.
  • (13) As the protests were staged the centre-left cabinet in Portugal called an emergency session to try to prune more from public spending, as it grappled with a debt and deficit crisis that has thrown the spotlight back on to the country.
  • (14) She won't be intimidated by it but it won't be the Patten-esque highlight of her career grappling with [Tory MP and BBC critic] Philip Davies ," said one friend.
  • (15) The central question always legitimately asked of a country grappling to forge its post-apartheid future and deal with entrenched poverty, particularly in the black townships, is whether South Africa should really be spending £800m in public money hosting a football tournament.
  • (16) Abbott, in so many ways, seemed forged of earlier times, a man from the past delivered here and destined to grapple with very modern challenges.
  • (17) Tom Cummings spent three years grappling with his addiction.
  • (18) There is a qualitative difference in whose leadership is being visibilized, and black women are forcing ourselves into the forefront.” As we all grapple with racist state violence in the context of a deeply patriarchal society, black women organizers continue to put their bodies on the line to bring forth justice where it has yet to take root.
  • (19) Professional nursing has been grappling with many different care delivery models in order to deal with a dramatic rise in patient acuity levels, increasing financial constraints, and a worrisome nursing shortage.
  • (20) Throughout the New Yorker extract, Talese grapples with the knowledge that Foos is a sometimes unreliable source.