An administrator sympathetically but firmly reminds him that "a hospital is not in the business of making money."

Drizzt fought hard to sublimate his alter ego, silently but firmly reminding himself that the svirfnebli were not his enemies.

The boy Jesus respectfully but firmly reminded her of a higher claim he must answer: "Didn't you know I had to be about my Father's business?

I had to firmly remind myself that I was not exactly available as I took her hand and gave it a brief, polite shake.

So there is Ms. Goldberg, queen of the devilish aside, firmly reminding you of just who she is in the production's opening moments.

His features were indeed similar to those of the person I knew, but nothing firmly reminded me that I had lived beside him for a long time.

To make it all worse, each time he tried to resist, Aunt Pol would firmly remind him to pay more attention to his manners.

Xavier firmly reminded Wolverine that the X-Men never seek revenge, even if endangering the members of the team.

One moment she had been sternly and firmly reminding herself that Carter was a devious and dangerous man, the next.

Live for the present, I firmly reminded myself, lest I grow melancholy again.