Sample Sentences for
resolute
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    I cry out, more frustrated than pained, and hit the crow with both hands, but it stays in place, resolute, one eye on me, feathers gleaming in the yellow light.  (source)
    resolute = firm in purpose
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    The resolute administrator in him gave way to the student of primitive customs.  (source)
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    He has directly challenged the authority of the government, and future discipline depends upon a resolute reply to this challenge.  (source)
    resolute = firm
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    I think he is one of the most resolute men I ever saw, and yet the most calm.  (source)
    resolute = determined and unwavering
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    The bony hand in hers was trembling as they walked down the grassy path, but Prudence stepped resolutely beside her.  (source)
    resolutely = firm in purpose
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    And beneath such unspoken words, while with her weak eyes she bent deeply to her mending, her generous and unreflective spirit was more deeply grieved than she could find thought for, and more resolute than any thought for resoluteness could have made it.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    Less reckless and eager than Boromir, but not less resolute.  (source)
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    He pushed past Harry, his face turned resolutely away with the air of a man trying to resist temptation.  (source)
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    You feel in the atmosphere the same tonic, puissant quality that is in the tilth, the same strength and resoluteness.†  (source)
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    for however resolute he might be at dawn, he could not, for a single evening, check his drift.  (source)
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    Resolutely he pressed on.  (source)
    Resolutely = with firm purpose or belief
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    He was able to get through the other crises of dressing with comparative resoluteness and calm.†  (source)
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    She entered the room with resolute steps.  (source)
    resolute = firm in purpose
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