Sturdily

Questions might be raised, of course, about the willingness of judges to remain sturdily independent when hearing a case involving "their" donor, but if the gift is irrevocable, we should certainly have at least as much faith in their capacity to be independent as when, say, they are hearing cases brought by the Administration that appointed them with certain hopes in mind. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I called sturdily, deepening my voice to imitate that of my victim as nearly as I could match it -- ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)

"I don't believe it," sturdily, "if it's the right sort of love. ❋ Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (N/A)

From the late 16th to the early 19th centuries, the kingdom of Kandy sturdily held out against European invaders: the Portuguese, the Dutch, and the British in their turn. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even the prose, translated from the Danish into a sturdily plainspoken English by Charlotte Barslund and Emma Ryder, veers to triteness. ❋ Sam Sacks (2011)

They were big animals, sturdily built and muscular from years of bearing heavy packs. ❋ W. Michael Gear (2011)

The earls and lords who make a career of divining Elizabeth's will -- and in some cases of playing the two queens against each other -- are sturdily represented by Lee Liebeskind, Dave Bobb and most magnetically by Joe Brack as the queen's favorite, the duplicitous Robert Dudley. ❋ Peter Marks (2010)

Uri Shalin's piano contribution on "I and You" sturdily lifts this already beautiful melody, while Tamar Pinarbasi's kanun is splendid on the rhythmic "To A Lady In A Dream." ❋ Derek Beres (2011)

Some atavism had been at work in the making of him, and he had reverted to that ancestor who sturdily uplifted. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Perhaps forty kings of the Upper and Lower Countries were on the floor, each deeming himself hot on the trail and sturdily backing his judgment with the yellow dust of the realm. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When under fire, British Sea Power have always stuck to their sturdily independent guns, a decision which continues to testify to the band's strength of character. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"I know vat I know," Silverstein held on sturdily -- a thing Genevieve had never before seen him do when his wife was in her tantrums. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Underneath, thousands of mopeds carried dangerously-overweight loads; some with a grandparent on the back and a child standing sturdily on the front frame were being driven by a stolid looking parent. ❋ Dorothy Zinberg (2011)

As Folger Theatre continually reminds us in its sturdily acted, becomingly visual "Henry VIII," history is in the imaginative mind of the conjurer -- in this case, William Shakespeare. ❋ Peter Marks (2010)

Since her surprise win five years ago, the sturdily built Kuznetsova's high-octane game often came unglued, especially down the stretch. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He sank his tiny teeth into one of the wings and pulled and tugged sturdily. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Wines that are high in extract the components of the wine that aren't acids, water or alcohol also tend to age more sturdily. ❋ Lettie Teague (2012)

Her father led sturdily, feeling ahead and to the side with his staff and changing direction continually. ❋ Unknown (2010)