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Example sentences for "decisiveness"

Lexicographically close words:
decir; decision; decisions; decisive; decisively; deck; decke; decked; deckedst; decker
  1. A thought which had flashed into her mind gave the reply a greater decisiveness than it might otherwise have possessed.

  2. That over-exertion of the intellect in youth does a man harm, is a true though not a very fruitful proposition; but knowledge does not destroy decisiveness: it only turns it from the decisiveness of a bull into the decisiveness of a man.

  3. There is no nobler instance of daring or pluck, or of presence of mind, or decisiveness of character, equal to any crisis, than this.

  4. His sharp eyes looked hither and thither, and there was something jerky in his quick movements; still, their grave decisiveness made up for the lack of grace.

  5. I only wonder you don't find me more worn out, for what can be more excruciating for a woman, that to be obliged to enter the lists for manly decisiveness against a man who is defending a perfectly antagonistic view?

  6. His thoughts had at times great energy and decisiveness in this direction.

  7. It had robbed him of the power of constructive thought, and stopped his writing with the decisiveness of a sword descending on his wrist; it had made the food on his table tasteless, and given him a dread of the solitude of his rooms.

  8. Sutton told her, with a decisiveness which carried conviction, what things she would like and what she might neglect; and she soon followed his directions with unquestioning faith.

  9. Indeed, all outside criticism was resented as an impertinence, and those rash critics who had the temerity to attempt it were put down with the contemptuous decisiveness appropriate to ill-judged advisers.

  10. The promptness and quiet decisiveness of Jean's answer amazed him.

  11. But Jean's attitude, his low and unexcited voice, and the almost omniscient decisiveness of his words had convinced him that Josephine had not painted it as blackly as she might.

  12. The Normans had the Roman talent for affairs, the Roman decisiveness in emergencies.

  13. Nothing," replied the young man, curtly, but with a decisiveness there was no misunderstanding.

  14. Some perverse loyalty in his nature, some terrified decisiveness of action on her mother's part, and the golden reality might even be made to crumble.

  15. Thus, in one moment, Lisbeth Fischer had become the Mohican whose snares none can escape, whose dissimulation is inscrutable, whose swift decisiveness is the outcome of the incredible perfection of every organ of sense.

  16. The ice once broken, he had the cheerfulness of decisiveness and an indescribable spirit of energy which made him attractive.

  17. In this difficult dilemma, the Prince de Conde showed the spirit of decisiveness and astuteness, which made him a worthy representative of Jeanne d'Albret and the brave General of the Reformers' forces.

  18. Marion does not have enough punch yet and, needs to gain decisiveness of attack.

  19. It is a slight lack of decisiveness all round that keeps Kingscote just a shade below the first flight.

  20. The answer was given with a decisiveness that admitted of no question, and there was a hardness in her face that emphasized the words.

  21. Finally he spoke with the decisiveness characteristic of him.

  22. Decisiveness in affairs and in moments of peril he had, but where Ann was concerned he became easily unsure, and as McGregor said, "wabbled awful.

  23. The loyal decisiveness of a lad of only sixteen years had settled the matter and relieved her of any need to personally warn Josiah.

  24. These things give an intensity and passion to life, and a power and decisiveness to individuality, the absence of which would indeed be sad.

  25. How strange is this matter of the glamour, and its decisiveness in awakening love by its presence, or leaving it cold by absence!

  26. And though crises arise in your business, you feel weighted down and unable to meet them with that shrewd discernment and decisiveness of action of which you know yourself capable.

  27. Our own salvation depends on our firm grasp of that one message, and for some of us, the clear decisiveness with which our lips ring it out determines whether we shall be blessings or curses to our generation.


  28. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "decisiveness" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    alacrity; commitment; decision; dedication; determination; devotion; dispatch; earnestness; endurance; energy; expedition; finality; force; fortitude; guts; hardiness; immediacy; might; obstinacy; perseverance; persistence; potency; power; promptness; punctuality; purpose; quickness; rapidity; readiness; relentlessness; resolve; seriousness; sincerity; stamina; sturdiness; swiftness; tenacity; toughness; vigor; vitality; will