"I'm not going to hide from him," he announced firmly.

"I will entertain a motion to gas the room," he announced firmly.

The door stood open while the sign firmly announced, "closed."

'We are going round to the stage door now,' she announced firmly.

"That's quite enough of that," she announced firmly from the doorway.

"I'm taking you out of here," his brother announced firmly.

"I won't be coming back," she announced firmly, surprised at the strength of her voice.

"We three are going to jump together," I announced firmly.

"Time for you all to go up," she announced firmly.

Then he announced firmly, "We will simply have to try again."