All 8 Uses of
resolution
in
Babbitt
- The resolution made him feel exemplary.†
Chpt 5 *
- Bustling into the dining-room, moving each glass a quarter of an inch, rushing back with resolution implacable on her face her gray and silver-lace party frock protected by a denim towel, Mrs. Babbitt glared at him, and rebuked him, "Certainly not!"†
Chpt 8
- The Committee on Resolutions was reporting.†
Chpt 13
- They said that Whereas Almighty God in his beneficent mercy had seen fit to remove to a sphere of higher usefulness some thirty-six realtors of the state the past year, Therefore it was the sentiment of this convention assembled that they were sorry God had done it, and the secretary should be, and hereby was, instructed to spread these resolutions on the minutes, and to console the bereaved families by sending them each a copy.†
Chpt 13
- A second resolution authorized the president of the S.A.R.E.B. to spend fifteen thousand dollars in lobbying for sane tax measures in the State Legislature.†
Chpt 13
- This resolution had a good deal to say about Menaces to Sound Business and clearing the Wheels of Progress from ill-advised and shortsighted obstacles.†
Chpt 13
- Despite their resolution to be democratic they divided into two sets: the men with dress-clothes and the men without.†
Chpt 15
- Slight of resolution as he was of body, Paul threw his snow-beaded overcoat on the floor and crouched on a flimsy cane chair.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
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(resolution as in: a New Year's resolution) a firm decision to do something