It introduced a much smoother, faster style of gameplay while keeping the series' familiar trademarks firmly intact.

At more theaters than not, it remains firmly intact.

The nation might despair, but not Mr. Bush; his presidential armor seemed firmly intact.

Then there are the gut-buster classes that can leave you panting and defeated, but with your gut firmly intact.

They refused to acknowledge them to keep the nonexistent barrier between the races firmly intact.

A rivalry was a serious thing, and Robinson left baseball with his disdain for the Giants firmly intact.

"Maybe it's because of my dissident nature," Mr. Sharansky said, wryness firmly intact.

Using wood, he builds three-dimensional vignettes of life on the waters, his sense of humor firmly intact.

That tells us that despite the uptrend being firmly intact, we have to expect violent corrections as we move along.

Sander thumped the surface, judging that under a thin crusting of rust it was firmly intact.