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resolve as in: I resolved to stop drinking.
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This year I resolved to lose a pound a week for 5 weeks.
resolved = decided
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I resolved to never drink again.
resolved = firmly decided
- I resolved never again to raise my voice at anyone who might be physically intimidated by me.
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The code seemed like their only hope now, and he resolved to focus on that.
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I resolved to never again work for my father.
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He resolved that when the book was finished, he'd give it to Liesel, when she was old enough, and hopefully, when all this nonsense was over.
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resolved = decided
- By late afternoon, I've resolved to go looking for her. (source)
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"The world," he said, "is not a wish-granting factory," and then he broke down, just for one moment, his sob roaring impotent like a clap of thunder unaccompanied by lightning, the terrible ferocity that amateurs in the field of suffering might mistake for weakness. Then he pulled me to him and, his face inches from mine, resolved, "I'll fight it."
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resolved = firmly decided
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At first I resolved not to turn around. I wanted to look ahead to where I was going, not back at what I was leaving,
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Though he had resolved never to let the Bird knock him down, the power of the blow, and the explosive pain that followed, overawed everything in him.
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Relaxed and unhurried, he resolved that he would walk through the narrow streets of Tangier.
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- I resolved to make the best of my rather dubious position. (source)
- For while the Count may have resolved to take action on the night of Katerina's visit six months before, it was only with news of the Conservatory's goodwill tour that the clock had begun to tick. (source)
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Cole resolved never to cough again.
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resolved = decided (with determination)
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"Soon's school starts I'm gonna ask Walter home to dinner," I planned, having forgotten my private resolve to beat him up the next time I saw him.
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resolve = decision
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But I had resolved to think about it.
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All her fine resolves about trying to understand and to be patient, and already she could feel the defiance rising again.
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She wondered if Gitl would know what it was, and resolved to ask her.
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He and Jose resolve to try it soon.
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I resolve not to think of clothes when I am in church.
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resolve = definitely decide (with firmness of purpose)
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I knew Jack was right, and when I got back to New York in the fall of 1973 for my junior year in high school I resolved to jump back into my studies and rebuild myself.
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I resolved that I would do at least as well as I had on the hunt.
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resolved = decided (with determination)
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...she resolved then and there not to tell anyone about what she was feeling.
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- She had never imagined that she could suffer so much for something that seemed to be the absolute opposite of love, but she was suffering, and she resolved that the only way she could keep from dying was to burn out the nest of vipers that was poisoning her soul. (source)
- That night, in her room, she resolved that if Nabito could tell embarrassing secrets, then so could she. (source)
- I ... resolved to look upon the face of Tash though he should slay me. (source)
- I'd long ago resolved to be cordial but not overly so, lest I be sucked into some conversation about what celebrity was in rehab or strap versus strapless dresses. (source)
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But as fast as I would repent, resolving never again to hate, some demon would slip into my soul, tug at the corner, and...
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resolving = definitely deciding
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In stolen whispers we resolved on a policy: no quotas.
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Say five Hail Marys and one Our Father and resolve that you will be good.
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Even when it was resolved — a thing no one could object to in itself — to set aside the small paddock behind the orchard as a home of rest for animals who were past work, there was a stormy debate over the correct retiring age for each class of animal.
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they resolved now to win the dominion of the North.
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"Never, never!" he resolved.
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GENERAL RESOLVES
No wasting time at Shafters or [a name, indecipherable]
No more smokeing or chewing
Bath every other day
Read one improving book or magazine per week
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I hereby resolve never more to offend Thee …
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resolve = firmly decide
- It's at times like this I'm sorry I'm not a model little girl; and I always resolve that I will be in future. (source)
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He heard nothing, saw nothing, yet knew that the land was somehow different; that through it strange things were afoot and ranging; and he resolved to investigate after he had finished the business in hand.
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I remember resolving that I would stay up all night to watch the bulls go through the streets at six o'clock in the morning,
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And as I knew I was a madman, at times anyhow, I resolved to use my power.
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resolved = decided
- She resolved to write a letter to the Abbess. (source)
- It is now long ago that I learned this lesson from General Armstrong, and resolved that I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. (source)
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Weena I had resolved to bring with me to our own time.
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He must accumulate information of himself, and meanwhile he resolved to remain close upon his guard lest those qualities of which he knew nothing should everlastingly disgrace him.
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She had decided to defer the purchase of the dressing-case till she should receive the bill for her new opera-cloak, and the resolve made her feel much richer than when she had entered the shop.
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Tom resolved that he would never trust a man like that again.
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resolved = decided
- Yet I resolved to be a hero, and not to be conquered by the pangs of hunger. (source)
- I ... resolved not to let the sun set on my anger, and ran over to tell Laurie I was sorry. (source)
- He resolved not to be pilloried beside her on her pedestal of shame. (source)
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...before I definitively resolve on quitting England, I will know for certain whether I cannot be of greater use by remaining in it than by leaving it.
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For the first time he felt a little hurt by what he thought her extravagance, and resolved to say a word to her about it.
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It seems to me very miserable not to resolve on some course and act accordingly.
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Never had I breathed, and never would I breathe—or so I resolved —a word of Estella to Provis.
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Shaking in every limb, I groped my way back to the wall; resolving there to perish rather than risk the terrors of the wells,
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We resolved to transplant a supply of both roots to our kitchen garden.
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- I thought her conduct odd; and having remained alone a long while, I resolved on going and inquiring whether she were better, and asking her to come and lie on the sofa, instead of up-stairs in the dark. (source)
- He resolved to put me out, as he said, to be broken; and, for this purpose, he let me for one year to a man named Edward Covey. (source)
- I resolved to argue the matter over with him again. (source)
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I had resolved that I would be virtuous, though I was a slave.
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with his money in his pocket, our hero took steamboat for Red river, resolving to find out and re-purchase his old friend.
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I have resolved every night, when I am not imperatively occupied by my duties, to record, as nearly as possible in his own words, what he has related during the day.
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. . . that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. . .
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As they could not reach me, they had resolved to punish my body;
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resolved = decided
- During their walk, it was resolved that Mr. Bennet's consent should be asked in the course of the evening. (source)
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perform without fail what you resolve.
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resolve = definitely decide to do
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It was because I felt and knew this, that I resolved to marry you.
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resolved = decided
- ...and that his wife is wearing a gold chain? I resolved that only that chain would do. (source)
- And so saying he resolved to expose this conspiracy of the stone-cutters. (source)
- The knowledge that the Arkenstone was in the hands of the besiegers burned in their thoughts; also they guessed the hesitation of Bard and his friends, and resolved to strike while they debated. (source)
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Now that you are better, I beg of you, resolve that when the first warning of a cold comes you will steam yourself well and go to bed.
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resolve = decide; or decision
- And on that instant Brother Juniper made the resolve to inquire into the secret lives of those five persons, that moment falling through the air, and to surprise the reason of their taking off. (source)
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I resolved to explore the house, and spent some time in doing so as noiselessly as possible.
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resolved = decided
- I resolved to leave him--would that I had! (source)
- The other pirates envied him this majestic vice, and secretly resolved to acquire it shortly. (source)
- The youth had resolved not to budge whatever should happen. (source)
- I told myself that I could never stop, and with a gust of petulance I resolved to stop forthwith. (source)
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They would never get another rope around his neck. Upon that he was resolved.
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resolved = determined (firm in purpose)
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From the first, I resolved to make the school a real part of the community in which it was located.
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I resolve me that my work lay here, and that as to the wolves we must submit, if it were God's will.
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He always had some resolves like this or something.
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"I'll win that scholarship if hard work can do it," she resolved.
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After much cogitation Matthew resolved to go to Samuel Lawson's store instead of William Blair's.
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resolved = decided
- He resolved not to deal the little blow. (source)
- She resolved never again, by look or by sign, to interrupt the steady flow of this man's life. (source)
- At another, I resolved to dig a grave for it in the floor of the cellar. (source)
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In the meanwhile, she resolved against seeing Harriet.
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"It is resolved, then," said Georgiana, faintly smiling.
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resolved = decided
- She resolved to look for the man from Paris no more. (source)
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I cannot give you up to perdition as a vessel of wrath: repent — resolve, while there is yet time.
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I was lowered in my own estimation, and had resolved to bear his abuse in silence.
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For these sufficient reasons I resolve to fight the butcher.
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And I told him how she had resolved, previous to his coming, on exhibiting a fit of frenzy.
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- Yet he resolved to ask her, and let her decide for herself. (source)
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One cannot resolve upon them in a hurry.
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Let it suffice that the clergyman resolved to flee, and not alone.
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resolved = decided
- Yet I controlled myself; I even resolved to put a good face upon it. (source)
- I resolved to gather all my faculties together, and for ever rid me of this intolerable incubus. (source)
- So she resolved to watch the tiny woman, and see what came of it. (source)
- Quitting the wall, I resolved to cross the area of the enclosure. (source)
- And when the snowy afternoon came, Jo resolved to try what could be done. (source)
- So he resolved to waive rank and make friends with the calf. (source)
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resolve as in: This committee hereby resolves...
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The Security Council resolved that all parties should work together for the successful implementation of the National Peace Accords.
resolved = voiced an opinion by formal group vote
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- The Security Council resolved that Israel should withdraw.
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We the Committee for Social Justice do hereby resolve that whereas oppression of...
resolve = voice a decision or opinion by formal group vote
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So a high-caste council resolved to take revenge on a sixteen-year-old-girl, Saima, who was a cousin of the young man.
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resolved = formally decided
- In Philadelphia, Congress resolved that in the event General Washington found it necessary to withdraw from New York, there must be "no damage" done to the city, as Washington was informed in a letter from John Hancock. (source)
- The council resolved that the ANC would hold demonstrations on April 6, 1952, as a prelude to the launching of the Campaign for the Defiance of Unjust Laws. (source)
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...I propose to you on the part of the United Aggregate Tribunal, ever watchful for your welfare, ever zealous for your benefit, that this meeting does Resolve: That Stephen Blackpool, weaver, referred to in this placard, having been already solemnly disowned by the community of Coketown Hands, the same are free from the shame of his misdeeds, and...
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Supported by the SAIC and the APO, the ANC resolved to stage a National Day of Protest on June 26, 1950, against the government's murder of eighteen Africans on May 1 and the passage of the Suppression of Communism Act.
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...with a noble and majestic unanimity that will make Tyrants tremble, resolve for to subscribe to the funds of the United Aggregate Tribunal, and to abide by the injunctions issued by that body for your benefit, whatever they may be…
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resolve = make a decision by formal vote
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Resolved, That in the opinion of Congress it is expedient, that on the second Monday of May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose OF REVISING THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, and...
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resolved = decide by formal vote
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This council had a general authority to propose and resolve whatever it judged necessary for the common welfare of Greece; to declare and carry on war; to decide, in the last resort, all controversies between the members; to fine the aggressing party; to employ the whole force of the confederacy against the disobedient; to admit new members.
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resolve as in: Her resolve weakened.
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She never waivered in her resolve to attend a good college.
resolve = determination (firmness of purpose)
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- She is testing my resolve to keep a good attitude.
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Russia is again testing NATO's resolve in Eastern Europe.
resolve = firmness of purpose
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Where this sudden courage and resolve came from, he had no idea.
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- As spring turned to summer, Dad's resolve turned to denial—he acted as if the argument were over and he had won. (source)
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The hands were gone from Papa's face now and he found the resolve to speak again.
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He had the same resolved look on his face as the day he'd dropped the stack of food stamps on Mrs. Dobbins's desk.
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The sight seemed to stiffen his resolve, and he nodded.
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In March, however, he mustered his resolve once more and resumed his lonely trek.
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His resolve was crumbling all around him.
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Each time she did, we set our faces into looks of great seriousness, resolved that we would be adult about the matter and not gloat in our hour of victory.
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A certain amount of resolve might be required.
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resolve = determination (firmness of purpose)
- For these perfectly understandable sentiments, which threatened to drain the blood from his heart, were swept aside by resolve. (source)
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My resolve is almost immediately broken at the first table, which has twenty or so soups, when I encounter a creamy pumpkin brew sprinkled with slivered nuts and tiny black seeds.
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He was looking for a brightness, a resolve, a triumph over tomorrow that hardly seemed to be there. ... [But] these men had seemed no different than any others...
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ABIGAIL, in terror: No one was naked! You mistake yourself, uncle!
PARRIS, with anger: I saw it!
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She cannot carry his picture. It would melt her resolve.
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Dodge didn't remember falling asleep, wasn't aware that he'd even been sleeping until he woke the next morning with a sudden start, an idea blazing in his brain and the resolve to carry it through already firm.
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Resolve, he thought. That was all it took, and...
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I felt my resolve to keep my distance melting down like the sugar in those leaves.
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Like most mothers, she wielded tremendous power and my staunch resolve would crumble like a sandcastle before her frontal assaults, which were like tidal waves.
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I labored to put some resolve into my tone.
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- His expression as he looked at her cut through all her defenses, her fragile resolve. (source)
- Neither the mediation of her son nor the intervention of her friends could break Fermina Daza's resolve. (source)
- This time Nasuada answered, "My heart is pure and my resolve is as iron." (source)
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He tried to see his familia but each time he set his mind to it, his resolve scattered like leaves before a hurricane wind.
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resolve = determination (firm plan to do something)
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When the outcome at Bunker Hill became known in the last week of July, it only hardened the King's resolve.
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resolve = firmness of purpose
- This is a man steeped in hope, determination, and resolve. (source)
- But Winnie is a determined person, and I suspect my pessimistic reaction only strengthened her resolve. (source)
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There were other times when he started out with the resolve of confessing nothing, when every word had to be forced out of him between gasps of pain, and there were times when he feebly tried to compromise, when he said to himself: 'I will confess, but not yet.'
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And then quite suddenly in another flash, as if lifted by a new strength and resolve, he leaped.
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There was never a time in my youth, no matter how dark and discouraging the days might be, when one resolve did not continually remain with me, and that was a determination to secure an education at any cost.
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I stopped to look at them, drawing a lesson from their stout resolve to live.
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They seemed resolved to make every trouble.
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She came forward smiling, eager almost, in her resolve to intercept him.
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He was loath to withdraw his faith from the twins, and was resolved not to do it on the present indecisive evidence; but—well, he would think, and then decide how to act.
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resolved = determined (having firm intent)
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And Amy tried on the blue ring with a delighted face and a firm resolve to earn it.
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My task was a very hard one; but, as I was absolutely resolved — as my cousins saw at length that my mind was really and immutably fixed on making a just division of the property ... they yielded at length so far as to consent to put the affair to arbitration.
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Permanent rebellion, the disorder of a life without some loving reverent resolve, was not possible to her;
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But a manly resolve to recognize boldly that he had no longer a lover's interest in her, helped him occasionally to conceal a feeling.
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I did not allow myself a single word; but was resolved, if he laid the weight of his hand upon me, it should be blow for blow.
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Mortified as I was at his behavior, and resolved as I had been to dismiss him when I entered my offices, nevertheless I strangely felt something superstitious knocking at my heart, and forbidding me to carry out my purpose, and denouncing me for a villain if I dared to breathe one bitter word against this forlornest of mankind.
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...she showed a depth of firmness and steady resolve that was never there in her earlier and happier days.
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He had fancied himself with his servant Aminadab, attempting an operation for the removal of the birthmark; but the deeper went the knife, the deeper sank the hand, until at length its tiny grasp appeared to have caught hold of Georgiana's heart; whence, however, her husband was inexorably resolved to cut or wrench it away.
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You are then resolved to have him?
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I didn't feel the same resolve the others seemed to feel.
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However, he had no intention of breaking his vow or letting his resolve waver in front of Oromis.
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resolve = firmness of purpose
- I pull my paper map from a pocket in my uniform and spread it out on the floor with new resolve. (source)
- But I can't help thinking that everything he sees will only strengthen his resolve to fight back. (source)
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He is resolved to be with her by the time she is five, six at the latest.
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I stared out the window, into the liquid gray haze, and tried to find where my resolve had gone.
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Spurred by his own resolve, the Count made quick work of Essays Four, Five, and Six.
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Minho nodded once, a steel look of resolve hardening his features.
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HALE, resolved now: Tituba, I want you to wake this child.
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Be you of true heart and steadfast resolve?
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- I need only to think of Prim and all my resolve disintegrates. (source)
- He had a quick, inquiring mind and uncommon resolve. (source)
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I must have been on a fairly large dose because when the craving for it hits, accompanied by tremors, and shooting pains, and unbearable cold, my resolve's crushed like an eggshell.
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In between times, she idled in shops, remembering Jaimito's look that morning, feeling her resolve draining away.
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resolve = firmness of purpose
- His strength had lain in knowing that schoolteacher was wrong. Now he wondered. ...cracked his resolve. (source)
- For once the initial madness was sated, they both became aware of the risks involved, and Dr. Juvenal Urbino never had the resolve to face a scandal. (source)
- We watched in awe as Helen stood her ground, repeated her resolve not: to play for the church choir, and survived a beating with the belt by Mommy without a whimper. (source)
- Maybe she'll falter in her resolve. (source)
- If ever you waver in your resolve, think of the Mockingjay, and in her you will find the strength you need to rid Panem of its oppressors. (source)
- Dr. Urbino never saw her again, not even by accident, and God alone knows how much grief his heroic resolve cost him or how many bitter tears he had to shed behind the locked lavatory door in order to survive this private catastrophe. (source)
- My resolve wavered for a second. (source)
- He lived in Brooklyn until near the end of his life, staying away from the thronging masses to come home on weekends, bearing food and tricycles and the resolve to fix whatever physical thing we had broken during the week. (source)
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He went from the fields into a thick woods, as if resolved to bury himself.
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She wanted to write at once, while she could trust to the strength of her resolve.
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He was resolved it should not escape if wild blows and darings of blows could seize it.
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...but I was resolved to make no difficulties.
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Up to this hour he had persevered in his resolve not to invite her back.
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She was quite concerned and ashamed, and resolved to do such things no more.
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resolved = determined (having firm purpose or having firmly decided)
- But he found Lydia absolutely resolved on remaining where she was. (source)
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We were resolved to succeed or fail together, after the calamity had befallen us as much as before.
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Full of this resolve to marry in haste, and wring the heart of the proud girl, Wildeve went his way.
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And the man seemed resolved to protract it.
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She was laughingly resolved to put Jip through the whole of his performances, before the coach came.
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resolved = determined (having firm purpose or having firmly decided)
- She dreaded seeing Mr. Wickham again, and was resolved to avoid it as long as possible. (source)
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Besides, I am resolved I will have a home and connections.
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"You wim' don't know everything," said Mr. Hall, resolved to ascertain more about the personality of his guest at the earliest possible opportunity.
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A guest to stop at Iping in the wintertime was an unheard-of piece of luck, let alone a guest who was no "haggler," and she was resolved to show herself worthy of her good fortune.
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An insane resolve possessed me.
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- It was the kind of scene in which Lily had often pictured herself as taking the principal part, and on this occasion the fact that she was once more merely a casual spectator, instead of the mystically veiled figure occupying the centre of attention, strengthened her resolve to assume the latter part before the year was over. (source)
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He wandered on, wounded and indignant, and was resolved to put himself in the way of like treatment no more.
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Mr. Tulliver had never slackened in his resolve to raise the money, but now he at once determined to write a letter to Mrs. Glegg, which should cut off all possibility of mistake.
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It was in vain for Bounderby to bluster or to assert himself in any of his explosive ways; Mrs. Sparsit was resolved to have compassion on him, as a Victim.
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The way in which you are resolved and determined to disgrace us on all occasions, is really infamous.
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'I am only trying to show you, my dear, that you must — you really must' (I was resolved not to give this up) — 'accustom yourself to look after Mary Anne.'
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resolved = determined (having firm purpose or having firmly decided)
- Miss Ophelia seated herself resolutely on the lately vanquished trunk, and marshalling all her goods and chattels in fine military order, seemed resolved to defend them to the last. (source)
- John Baptist, staring at him with eyes opened to their utmost width, made a number of those national, backhanded shakes of the right forefinger in the air, as if he were resolved on negativing beforehand everything that the other could possibly advance during the whole term of his life. (source)
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It came with the memories that no passion could long quench; the long past came back to her, and with it the fountains of self-renouncing pity and affection, of faithfulness and resolve.
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resolve = firmness of purpose
- There was another attraction in his profession: it wanted reform, and gave a man an opportunity for some indignant resolve to reject its venal decorations and other humbug, and to be the possessor of genuine though undemanded qualifications. (source)
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"It does relate to him, and I will tell you directly;" (resuming her work, and seeming resolved against looking up.)
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- "You will now stand on the platform till recess," said Mr. Davis, resolved to do the thing thoroughly, since he had begun. (source)
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She was in a state of mind to be glad that she had secured her fate beyond recall: that she had pledged herself anew to Sotherton; that she was safe from the possibility of giving Crawford the triumph of governing her actions, and destroying her prospects; and retired in proud resolve, determined only to behave more cautiously to Mr. Rushworth in future, that her father might not be again suspecting her.
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resolve = determination (firmness of purpose)
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Tom signified assent with a gesture and a murmured word, for he was already learning, and in his simple heart was resolved to acquit himself as best he might, according to the King's command.
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resolved = determined (having firm purpose or having firmly decided)
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"Well, I'll just get down and have a bit o' talk with you in the garden," said Mr. Tulliver, thinking that he should be more likely to show a due spirit of resolve if his sister were not present.
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My mother drew my right hand forward, but I was resolved, for my former reason, not to give it him, and I did not.
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resolved = determined (having firm purpose or having firmly decided)
- Both threw away some tolerably fair-looking opportunities; for both, in their secret hearts, were resolved to make absolutely sure work this time, and neither meant to allow his fevered desires to seduce him into any venture that had much uncertainty about it. (source)
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resolve as in: How was the problem resolved?
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Three of the five issues have already been resolved.
resolved = settled or solved
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Countless water battles resolved into today's water laws.
resolved = changed
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The URL is resolved into an IP address.
resolved = converted
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This feud will never be resolved with violence.
resolved = settled or solved
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How can we resolve our disagreement without violence or lawyers?
resolve = solve or settle
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Sinus infections tend to resolve themselves over time.
resolve = solve (take care of)
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Two years and six court dates later, it still wasn't resolved.
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resolved = settled
- My operating the crane was one of a hundred disputes between Dad and Shawn that Shawn won that summer. Most were not resolved so peacefully. (source)
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Above all I am hoping for trees, which may afford me some means of concealment and food and shelter, Often there are trees because barren landscapes are dull and the Games resolve too quickly without them.
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resolve = end (are settled)
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Cases such as land disputes, common in our area, which used to be resolved quickly now took ten years to come to court.
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resolved = settled
- Everyone thought that the issue was resolved. (source)
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Lily's feelings were always straightforward, fairly simple, usually easy to resolve.
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resolve = solve or settle
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I want this Costa Rican situation resolved within a week.
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That is, the most reprehensible affront should be resolved by a duel of the fewest paces, to ensure that one of the two men will not leave the field of honor alive.
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resolved = settled
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In that moment, I could see no anger left from our argument, though I really wanted to resolve it.
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resolve = settle
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All doubt had been resolved at last.
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What's happened is this: I was longing for something (and still am), but…. a small, a very small, part of the problem has been resolved.
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Going home would resolve a problem that has weighed heavily on Lourdes: Diana's delayed baptism.
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resolve = solve or settle
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In any event, I will stay in exile until this matter is resolved ... one way or another.
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resolved = settled
- The young man must know these cases are never quickly resolved. (source)
- Perhaps if we can talk to these young ones, explain the rules, it can be resolved peacefully. (source)
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Without realizing it, he was beginning to defer his problems in the hope that death would resolve them.
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resolve = solve or settle
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"You need to resolve this debate, and quickly too", said Saphira.
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resolve = settle
- The association members also use their meetings to trade tips on how to manipulate husbands, as well as to learn how to raise animals, to resolve family conflicts, and to start businesses. (source)
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"The only way to resolve the problem of the cats," he said, "is to dispose of them humanely."
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resolve = solve or settle
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That could take weeks to resolve.
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Looked at from a distance, however, the hen resolved itself into a bonnet, and the countenance of a stout old lady beamed down into the room.
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I assured him sadly that it was so, and went on to suggest, for I felt that such a horrible doubt should not have life for a moment longer than I could help, that it often happened that after death faces become softened and even resolved into their youthful beauty, that this was especially so when death had been preceded by any acute or prolonged suffering.
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But meantime, Miles Hendon was resolving the difficulty.
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resolving = solving or settling
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Discipline prevailed: in five minutes the confused throng was resolved into order, and comparative silence quelled the Babel clamour of tongues.
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resolved = settled or transformed
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An opportune double knock at the door, which I knew well from old experience in Windsor Terrace, and which nobody but Mr. Micawber could ever have knocked at that door, resolved any doubt in my mind as to their being my old friends.
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resolved = settled
- You are each of you so complying, that nothing will ever be resolved on; so easy, that every servant will cheat you; and so generous, that you will always exceed your income. (source)
- "I'm so glad this could be resolved without violence," he said sweetly. (source)
- Whatever problems we may have with each other, we prefer resolving our differences one-on-one. (source)
- From what I can see, each fight you've engaged in has resolved one problem or another. (source)
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So the practical side of the marriage was resolved.
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resolved = settled or solved
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"Pekai, help me resolve my confusion on this," he would say.
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Well, weirdly enough, that was sort of how they resolved things.
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resolved = settled or solved
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I was relieved that circumstances would be resolving things between us.
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resolving = solving or settling
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Sometime in the near future, this war will be resolved.
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resolved = settled or solved
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In the meantime, the Dussel drama has been resolved.
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resolved = settled
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This is a dispute for arbitrators to resolve.
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resolve = solve or settle
- So he decided to resolve the situation in a pleasant way. (source)
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We have a custom called swara by which a girl can be given to another tribe to resolve a feud.
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resolve = settle
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How can I resolve this dilemma without starting a blood feud?
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resolve = solve or settle
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If I get this resolved, whatever it is we're dealing with, will you please consider waiting?
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resolved = settled or solved
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That was the only way to resolve such matters.
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So they decided to try and find an impartial man to rule the whole area and resolve their disputes.
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resolve = settle
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"I told you last night the issue was resolved," my father replied.
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resolved = settled
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Although this is your time of mourning, a quandary exists that you must resolve.
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The situation was resolved by the fortuitous appearance of the caddymaster,
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resolved = settled or solved
- If she had had any doubt which was her own Jeremiah, it would have been resolved by his impatience. (source)
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At first I thought it was another party, a wild rout that had resolved itself into "hide-and-go-seek." or "sardines-in-the-box." with all the house thrown open to the game.
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I became aware now of a hollow, wailing sound which issued incessantly from the garage, a sound which as we got out of the coupe and walked toward the door resolved itself into the words "Oh, my God!" uttered over and over in a gasping moan.
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resolved = changed (through recognition)
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He had another odd dream of being taken by a waiter through a mist, which, after giving him some trouble and difficulty, resolved itself into the main street, in which he stood alone.
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When all this was resolved on, he returned again to his friends, who were still staying at Pemberley; but it was agreed that he should be in London once more when the wedding took place, and all money matters were then to receive the last finish.
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resolved = settled or solved
- From the circumstance of the latter article having been much polished, and displaying prismatic colours on the inside, I conclude that Mr. Barkis had some general ideas about pearls, which never resolved themselves into anything definite. (source)
- The guest sat looking at her as he smoked out his final cigarette, and as she sat with her head bent over her work, with an expression that might have resolved her doubts, and brought her to a lasting conclusion on the subject of his good or bad looks if she had seen it. (source)
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So encouraged was he, indeed, that he spoke up and said in a quite hopeful voice— "Now am I persuaded that if your Majesty will but tax your memory yet a little further, it will resolve the puzzle of the Great Seal—a loss which was of moment yesterday, although of none to-day, since its term of service ended with our late lord's life."
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resolve = solve or settle
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Lots of, uh, unresolved issues on my side.
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unresolved = not settled or solvedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unresolved means not and reverses the meaning of resolved. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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There was a puzzle in it, something unresolved. What is a person to do, I asked, when their obligations to their family conflict with other obligations—to friends, to society, to themselves?
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unresolved = not settled
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How he received you, let me be resolved.
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What, master, read you,
First resolve me that. (source)resolve = answer (settle in mind for)
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Yet you are amazed: but this shall absolutely resolve you.
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I am now going to resolve him; I had rather my brother die by the law than my son should be unlawfully born.
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resolve = convince (settle in the mind)
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She past for that gentleman's wife, and went by his name; and yet, as the serjeant said, there were some doubts concerning the reality of their marriage, which we shall not at present take upon us to resolve.
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resolve = solve or settle
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I won't say that I will have her; how can I resolve that point, when you see I cannot have her without your consent?
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resolve = settle
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You may be certain, I was strangely surprised at this question of my man's: and, though an old man, I was but a young doctor, and consequently very ill qualified for a causuist, or a resolver of intricate doubts in religion, and...
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resolver = solver (someone who provides a solution or who settles something)
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Whether Mrs Honour really deserved that suspicion, of which her mistress gave her a hint, is a matter which we cannot indulge our reader's curiosity by resolving.
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resolving = solving or settling
- Her Bene Gesserit training sensed in his tone an unresolved bitterness toward her.† (source)
- Well, I don't like leaving things unresolved.† (source)
- Others have posited that an unresolved Oedipal conflict was at the root of his fatal odyssey.† (source)
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The riddle seemed irresolvable: to fish I needed bait, but I would have bait only once I had fish.†
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standard prefix: The prefix "ir-" in irresolvable means not and reverses the meaning of resolvable. This prefix is sometimes used before words beginning with "R" as seen in words like irrational, irregular, and irresistible.
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So Ruth surreptitiously handled some of the more resolvable problems.†
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standard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- At least our tiff in the hallway yesterday was left unresolved.† (source)
- At the end of October 1890 the site question remained unresolved.† (source)
- Mack could sense the depths of his unresolved anger rising like a flood of fury.† (source)
- There were a few unresolved differences of opinion between me and Sam at the moment.† (source)
- If so, perhaps Mother became a hateful person because she had not dealt with her unresolved issues?† (source)
- I wasn't sure exactly what to do about the leftover, unresolved character.† (source)
- The question of what actually happened would remain unresolved.† (source)
- It was enough to know they had them, and that they were Big and Unresolved.† (source)
- Economics, and some unresolved technical problems.† (source)
- And this brings me, Stingo, to your possible or potential role in this so far unresolved dilemma.† (source)
- Dan Needham—our historian—delivered a lengthy and unresolved meditation on whether Fort Benjamin Harrison was named after William Henry Harrison's father or grandson; Dan offered a similarly unresolved speculation on the origins of "Hoosier," which we all knew was a nickname for a native of Indiana—but no one knew what else, if anything, a "Hoosier" was.† (source)
- My memory is too clear; too sharp; things should wear at the edges, and what is unresolved should soften.† (source)
- We had to endure Father's escalating rage, when he returned home to find dinner no farther along than an unresolved argument over whether there are or are not worms in the flour, or any flour at all.† (source)
- We hear less and less about the will and the estate as the story goes on, and even the surrogate goal, the mystery of the postal conspiracy, remains unresolved.† (source)
- And if left unresolved for very long, you can almost forget that you were ever created to fly in the first place.† (source)
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A man might easily be embittered by such circumstances, but Nels made it a point not to struggle unnecessarily with life's unresolvable dilemmas.†
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standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unresolvable means not and reverses the meaning of resolvable. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- A young man and woman by a fountain, who clearly have a great deal of unresolved feeling between them, tussle over a Ming vase and break it.† (source)
- She said it revealed that my dad still has unresolved issues with his parents, and I said, "Well, duh.† (source)
- I knew quite a bit about psychology so assumed I was still trying to work out unresolved problems during my sleep.† (source)
- Her doubts were still unresolved on Christmas Eve, when she was shaken by the presentiment that he was in the crowd at Midnight Mass, looking at her, and this uneasiness flooded her heart.† (source)
- There sat Leona Cassiani, lost behind a student's desk surrounded by corn stacked for shipping and unresolved papers, on the day that Uncle Leo XII himself went to see what the devil he could think of to make the General Section good for something.† (source)
- She could not conceive of a husband better than hers had been, and yet when she recalled their life she found more difficulties than pleasures, too many mutual misunderstandings, useless arguments, unresolved angers.† (source)
- She slept on the mattress in the apartment for three weeks while she investigated clinics for plastic surgery, straightened out a number of unresolved bureaucratic details (including a nighttime talk with a certain lawyer, Nils Bjurman), and paid in advance for the rent at her old place, as well as the electricity bills and other monthly expenses.† (source)
- I will not name names at this point in my life but I will die with a tremendous amount of unresolved ill will aimed at various members of your profession.† (source)
- I didn't want to leave things the way we had, unresolved, and I pictured him in the few places I knew he went, with the few friends of his I'd met, and tried to tell myself he cared about me enough not to look elsewhere for what I wasn't giving him.† (source)
- Although Annie skimmed over this part of the story, she could tell Robert sensed the depth of unresolved pain beneath it.† (source)
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- His paternal tone irked me to no end, and that helped to steel my resolve.† (source)
- His RESOLVE WASN'T TESTED until late that morning, when they came to a road cutting through the forest.† (source)
- Human societies are working hard to resolve the difficulties and problems they face, striving to create a better future for Earth civilization.† (source)
- By the time we sat down for dinner, I'd resolved to focus on the task at hand—getting a job—and leave the class tourism for later.† (source)
- It strengthens his resolve to go on another day, and another day, for a thousand days, for however long it takes for them to live by his words to Gita: "To be free to make love wherever, whenever we want to."† (source)
- Will have to be resolved without him, Grover.† (source)
- Other villagers, including Nya's uncle, would resolve any disputes that arose.† (source)
- My mother hugs me, and what little resolve I have left almost breaks.† (source)
- Finally, I resolved the problem by driving an oar, handle first, deep into the algae and tethering the boat to it.† (source)
- We got things resolved so that the Court could grant our motion and resentence Mr. Caston so that he would immediately be released from prison.† (source)
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- Not until this was all resolved.† (source)
- As she fought her way with impudent resolve to the front of the melee, Mariam wished she had been a better daughter to Nana.† (source)
- Fache's sole emotion this evening seemed to be one of intense resolve, as if this arrest were somehow personal to him.† (source)
- Where was my resolve?† (source)
- Harry, who had resolved to ask Professor McGonagall after the lesson whether he could go into Hogsmeade with the rest, joined the line outside the class trying to decide how he was going to argue his case.† (source)
- Old and troubling issues resolved into nothingness and night.† (source)
- Hublin shifts as if to leave, but von Rumpel merely says, "Please, stay until we have resolved this."† (source)
- Bod could not see her, but there was an extra shadow beneath the hawthorn tree, and, as he approached it, the shadow resolved itself into something pearlescent and translucent in the early-morning light.† (source)
- If this becomes a negotiation by diplomats, it will never be resolved.† (source)
- As he chewed, resolving to swallow before stuffing another chunk in his mouth, he realized he could actually feel the first traces of energy trickling through his body.† (source)
- Savannah had community questions to resolve, such as: Should a second mall be built?† (source)
- The problem was resolved for them on March 21 when the U.S. War Relocation Authority announced that islanders of Japanese descent had eight days to prepare to leave.† (source)
- And then I see Pattie suck in her breath and cross her arms in a way meant to show firm resolve.† (source)
- Okay, we've resolved that had you known that you'd be held accountable for your actions, you wouldn't have committed this crime.† (source)
- She exhibited a sustained resolve in the face of even our father's opposition that was like a natural force.† (source)
- Mary Beth Baird let everyone know that the matter could be resolved if she were allowed to shower some affection upon the Christ Child, but it seemed that the only agreements that existed between Barb Wiggin and Owen were that Mary Beth should not be permitted to maul the Baby Jesus, and that the cows not move.† (source)
- "Aibileen," I sigh, hoping we can resolve this tonight.† (source)
- Am I going to be blessed with the pleasure of hearing your voice, or have you resolved to be silent for the duration of our journey?† (source)
- It's a struggle to keep my eyes open and not lean in toward his palm, but I hold fast to my resolve.† (source)
- Miss Peregrine climbed it with grim resolve, holding the banister with both hands to pull herself up one step at a time, refusing any help.† (source)
- Nine cases out of ten seemed to bore him; those he allowed his council to handle, squirming restlessly while Lord Baelish, Grand Maester Pycelle, or Queen Cersei resolved the matter.† (source)
- He turns hot under my touch, driven by an inner resolve.† (source)
- The mood in their meeting that night was subdued: no bickering, no laughter, only a general feeling of grim resolve.† (source)
- Usually something happens: the criminal's resolve starts breaking down, and he begs and pleads with the guards or tries to cut a deal or an extension, or sometimes even tries to break out.† (source)
- The suggestion prompted an exchange of glances between Cecilia and her brother, and thus their discord was resolved.† (source)
- The sisters knew what was right and they knew what was wrong and any doubts could be resolved by the One, Holy, Roman, Catholic and Apostolic Church.† (source)
- What had happened to resolve my omnivore's dilemma?† (source)
- Sampson resolved that if he ever got out, he'd stay away from dudes like that, but he knew it would be difficult.† (source)
- He wanted things to be resolved for us, he said he was anxious about that.† (source)
- Settled in the kitchen, Tita resolved to pay more attention to what she was doing.† (source)
- No matter how miserably hot it got, I resolved, I would sleep in my clothes every night at the Creek, feeling—probably for the first time in my life—the fear and excitement of living in a place where you never know what's going to happen or when.† (source)
- I have resolved to dedicate my whole life to Chairman Mao and the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.† (source)
- She'd been resolved to it.† (source)
- The gray sky curdled and the clouds resolved themselves into little lumps, like substandard mattress stuffing.† (source)
- That resolves my dilemma fast.† (source)
- A moment later, the last planet in the catalog vanished from beneath them and the solid world resolved itself again.† (source)
- "I must remember that," he resolved.† (source)
- The consultants retreated warily, resolving not to call their agents until they were out of earshot.† (source)
- I resolved that I would spend more time with him.† (source)
- I was lucky he thought at all and didn't just pull out his gun and shoot me, resolving in a second the dilemma presented to him by this little Jewish boy.† (source)
- All action and resolve.† (source)
- WHEN THE DARK FINALLY RESOLVED ITSELF, HANNAH FOUND she was looking across an empty hall at a green door marked 4N.† (source)
- "I —" Hopelessly he looked around, as if he was afraid of losing all his resolve if he sat down at the table with me.† (source)
- Father walks around with his lips pressed together, and whenever he hears his name, he looks up in alarm, as if he's afraid he'll be called upon to resolve another delicate problem.† (source)
- A tricky situation needs to be resolved through a complex series of steps, and somehow the pilots fail to coordinate and miss one of them.† (source)
- Still, her resolve to stay in the United States brings a new nightmare.† (source)
- Then my eyes adjust and the vision resolves into the four evaluators, all sitting behind a long, low table.† (source)
- My resolve is being held by a tattered string ready to snap.† (source)
- In the end, as I said, the vehicle crisis got resolved, and early the next morning, in the pitch dark, the five of us got inside a bashed but perfectly decent Rover car.† (source)
- Resolve stiffened.† (source)
- A vision passed from him to Eragon: a burst of color blossomed in his mind, resolving into a stooped figure dressed in white, standing on a sun-drenched stone cliff.† (source)
- It haunted me for more than a month, not the words so much as its desperation, and I resolved finally to take him up on his story suggestion.† (source)
- But there are other ways to resolve this.† (source)
- But the vividness and depth of his memories touched her and slowly undermined her resolve to stay objective.† (source)
- Then the man's resolve broke.† (source)
- I firmly resolve with the help of Thy grace to confess my sins, to do penance, And to amend my life, Amen.† (source)
- I could see Marley's resolve softening.† (source)
- I resolved that I would bite out my own tongue before I gave him the satisfaction of appearing frightened, or even concerned.† (source)
- If I hadn't already resolved to run away, I'm sure I would have been terrified to think of the suffering that probably lay in wait for me in Gion.† (source)
- But you never told me — are you resolved on going to Seattle, or do you mind if we do something different?† (source)
- His despair gradually evolved into the source of his resolve, and as the boy became the young man, he noticed that his stepsisters were suddenly showing more interest in him.† (source)
- This didn't resolve the consular agent's astonished paralysis quite as effectively as Seivarden perhaps had wished.† (source)
- On impulse, he resolved to send Millet a midsea greeting via the Olympic's powerful Marconi wireless.† (source)
- THE TIME IS NOW NEAR AT HAND WHICH MUST PROBABLY DETERMINE, WHETHER AMERICANS ARE TO BE, FREEMEN, OR SLAVES; ...THE FATE OF UNBORN MILLIONS WILL NOW DEPEND, UNDER GOD, ON THE COURAGE AND CONDUCT OF THIS ARMY....WE HAVE THEREFORE TO RESOLVE TO CONQUER OR DIE.† (source)
- I went back to my cell with a new resolve: the next time I was permitted a shower I would take with me three of my gospels.† (source)
- A coughing, whooping sound and bending, tortured shadows that resolved themselves into fir trees at night, being pushed by a screaming gale.† (source)
- Perhaps my meddling would shake their resolve in helping me.† (source)
- We talked about our fears, what we missed at our old school, and our hopes that the integration issues would soon be resolved.† (source)
- One issue that we didn't completely resolve had to do with my enlistment, and how it would fit with our family's long-term plans.† (source)
- But the contradiction, or the tension between two modes of thought, was resolved in Kant's synthesis.† (source)
- When he left the plantation at midnight, he was staring into the face of death itself with the character of a man who, having only one path to follow, has resolved to follow it with perfect courage.† (source)
- The beginning of a thought tickled at the edge of her mind, wanting to resolve itself into a full-blown realization.† (source)
- She told him she didn't understand why these disputes must be resolved with violence.† (source)
- We have a dangerous situation before us, and we must work together, rapidly, to resolve it.† (source)
- Charles could only say to them that there was a discussion going on inside and they were about to resolve the situation.† (source)
- When the guy finally stops moving long enough for Hiro to resolve him clearly, he recognizes the avatar.† (source)
- By midmorning it was clear that dialogue would not resolve the situation and almost everyone began to leave.† (source)
- In the worst of conditions, the legacy of my teammates steadies my resolve and silently guides my every deed.† (source)
- But in this case, the Y showed quick resolve; by the weekend the goals were gone, with nothing left to replace them.† (source)
- The clothes issue largely resolved itself because in ROTC we had to wear a uniform three days a week.† (source)
- It was fortunate that unforeseen circumstances, combined with her husband's understanding, resolved the first three nights without pain.† (source)
- From 1957 on, his work seemed to consist of travelling around the country to open factories, resolve local conflicts, and spread an image that company management really did care.† (source)
- But the smudgy crags of George Pollucci's features melted away as I peered at them, and resolved themselves into a regular pattern of dark and light and medium-gray dots.† (source)
- I expected it to resolve itself and heal within moments of being diagnosed and beginning the required course of treatment.† (source)
- Out of the sand haze came an orderly mass of flashing shapes — great rising curves with crystal spokes that resolved into the gaping mouths of sandworms, a massed wall of them, each with troops of Fremen riding to the attack.† (source)
- Both of you will feel right, nothing will be resolved, and the few members of the class who remain awake will hate both your guts.† (source)
- Ruth had thought about inviting one and not the other, but in a stupid moment of resolve, she decided they would just have to work it out between them, even if it gave her heartburn to watch.† (source)
- Sooner or later, the kiss would need resolving.† (source)
- Jack hasn't told her about Molly's new living arrangements; apparently he was hoping the situation would somehow magically resolve itself before his mother found out.† (source)
- Hoping to stanch my decline, I resolved to rest, gobble ibuprofen, and force down as many calories as possible in that time.† (source)
- I resolved to do it the next morning.† (source)
- But when she spoke she seemed calm, resolved.† (source)
- He granted himself a term extension until the Psi situation is, and I quote, resolved so as to make sure the United States is safe from telekinetic acts of terror and violence.† (source)
- I could practically see the resolve stiffening up her spine, vertebra by vertebra, the lines of loyalty being drawn.† (source)
- It resolved a number of conflicts.† (source)
- And that was all she would live and breathe and think of, Annie resolved, nothing beyond nor nothing past.† (source)
- A cycle has been completed, all disturbances have been resolved, perplexities have been concealed, and things have returned to their original state.† (source)
- "Adam was like no other kid I ever met," says Roger Buschmann, who was privy to Adam's resolve that day.† (source)
- And when it was resolved—by the arrival of Yves, the signing of a contract, or the acceptance, in Eric, of a sorrow neither of them could name—she would be locked out of his bed.† (source)
- I guessed I'd resolved the soul and sin thing by lapsing from my heavy-duty Catholic background, giving up my immortal soul for a blues kind of soul.† (source)
- He was on a blood thinner, and the clot was resolving.† (source)
- "The reason we asked you here today is because, unfortunately," Dr. Jansen continued, "we have a serious matter on our hands, and we'd like to figure out the best way to resolve it.† (source)
- Yes, we even doubted his resolve to exterminate us.† (source)
- "And if the situation is not resolved," he's saying sternly, "I'm afraid I will be forced to—"† (source)
- During the day she resolved to make amends to him.† (source)
- It is a mind propelled by emotional response to memory and frustration; consequently, however wise her admonishments might be, they fail to inspire resolve, unless it would be the resolve to retaliate by hurting her in your next letter.† (source)
- In her career, her loves, her spirit, she lived to find herself up against something that fought her back, tested her resolve, made the winning worthwhile.† (source)
- While wiping at his clothes, my father spoke kindly to the man and ended by resolving his grievance.† (source)
- It's her day, too, she resolves, looking across a dining hall filled with effusive, chatty parents and freshmen, though her song is flat and elemental-an old, familiar harmony, really, about sacrifice and denial and a child venturing where the parent never could.† (source)
- He resolved to be very careful and make no move that might antagonize them until the situation was in his favor, which it wouldn't be until they got into the Kansas towns.† (source)
- Suddenly, above the sound, Johnnie was aware of a distant hail, which finally resolved itself into words.† (source)
- After she leaves, I resolve to be nicer.† (source)
- Yesterday he went to the hospital, but crawled back to his tent this morning, and resolves there to die rather than return.† (source)
- I have a feeling they even strengthened the man in his resolve: he pressed her to himself and put his hand on her breast.† (source)
- She had been an a-go-go girl when Rumfoord saw her and resolved to make her his own.† (source)
- It was a paradox nothing could resolve but a murderous snicker.† (source)
- The fact that she happened to be his mother did nothing to weaken his resolve.† (source)
- When he and Jim had first resolved to take on Carabayllo's epidemic, he had gone to Tom White and said, "Just buy the drugs for ten patients.† (source)
- I was resolved not to give way to tears or to otherwise appeal for pity but to accept my punishment.† (source)
- He sat down behind his desk again and resolved to embark upon a mature and systematic evaluation of the entire military situation.† (source)
- "I do not resolve it, if I do not act first, he will take my money, make me lie down on the floor, and shoot me in back of the head," he says.† (source)
- I stared at that middle line and waited so long for its black center to resolve into tight strokes and dots that I forgot to pronounce it.† (source)
- I haven't completely resolved dealing with you, and now there's another person in the mix, another unknown.† (source)
- Because then if he asks what's inside and why it's so heavy, I'll have to tell him the truth, as I have resolved this relationship will not be founded on artifice, like the one with that guy T.J. I met at the McCracken Hall Movie Night, who turned out to be a practicing warlock—which would have been all right, I totally respect other people's religions...Except that he also turned out to be a chubby-chaser, as I learned when I caught him making out in the Which is why I plan to always tell the truth to Andrew, because T.J. did not give me even that much respect.† (source)
- For Jews, repentance is about conduct—you realize you've done something wrong, you resolve to change it in the future.† (source)
- I resolved to make her love me, whatever the cost.† (source)
- Her offer refused, the queen resolved to take the bull by force.† (source)
- Mahtob reinforced my resolve.† (source)
- But I was learning something every day, resolving some new subtlety or mystery through observation or instruction.† (source)
- He sat there, stroking his beard, while the resolve on his face softened into a glimmer of possibility.† (source)
- As Lettie began to grasp the ordeal and how long it might take, her resolve stiffened and she gathered her emotions.† (source)
- If anything shows how much JFK has grown since taking the Oath of Office, it is this resolve, at this moment.† (source)
- This tale I must tell in full, for only Elrond has heard it yet, and that in brief, but it will bear on all that we must resolve.† (source)
- Blackavar, proud of his father, had grown up with the resolve to become an officer in the Owsla.† (source)
- No matter what our dilemma, it seems he can always come up with some way to resolve it.† (source)
- But he is sick of the brooding, sick of dwelling, nothing gets spoken, nothing resolved, circles and more circles.† (source)
- Always, though, as these scenes resolved themselves—disgruntled bassetts going away to lick their paws—my mother, father, and Mary would return to their rooms.† (source)
- His death left anemptiness that I resolved to fill, taking time to make our simple chores into something of a game so that Jamie would not feel the loss so keenly.† (source)
- She resolved not to be intimidated by several messages stenciled around her compartment—a roomette, they called it—but when she went to bed the night before, she succeeded in folding herself up into the wall because she had ignored an injunction to PULL THIS LEVER DOWN OVER BRACKETS, a situation remedied by the porter to her embarrassment, as her habit was to sleep only in pajama tops.† (source)
- They walked and laughed, and Rachelle toyed with his mind in lovely ways that only strengthened his resolve to win her.† (source)
- In the aftermath, Rene Jr., who was then thirty-two, advised his father, "You have to resolve it with her."† (source)
- It troubles me greatly that the Stokerton council has agreed that even though he is scarred, D'Ablo should be allowed to continue his presidency until this matter is resolved.† (source)
- It couldn't have been, because she seemed so calm and peaceful...resolved.† (source)
- I want to pursue the case and, as I'm aware, I'm distracted by other matters, so I request that Officer Peabody be assigned as my aide until the matter is resolved.† (source)
- He resolved that, should the people of Korphe engage in a tug of war for his wealth, such as it was, he would be more patient.† (source)
- Every time she leaves for the training building, my resolve to get her out of Black-cliff grows stronger.† (source)
- A fleeting look of pain crossed Clarke's face before she retreated behind her mask of steely resolve.† (source)
- Of course, we are not going to resolve this dispute, but there is one interesting footnote.† (source)
- I would have much preferred to slit Sounis's throat while he slept, but his heir is hardly ready to inherit the kingdom, and we can't have a civil war in Sounis for the Mede to step in and resolve, can we?† (source)
- She managed to soothe him, but when he took up the cry again late that night, she resolved to end his misery once and for all.† (source)
- The first synthesis tried to resolve differences between the Heraclitans and the followers of Parmenides.† (source)
- She's our resolve, we'll be responsible.† (source)
- I feel his struggle turning to resolve.† (source)
- He meant by this that any machine to enable men to see finer or fainter details increased in cost faster than it increased in resolving power.† (source)
- Prison is designed to break one's spirit and destroy one's resolve.† (source)
- I had no idea what to do, or how to stop this horror from happening, but I resolved then and there to stay and see this through to the end...even if the end meant my own death.† (source)
- The greater the pressure, the more fierce was Angel's resolve.† (source)
- Most of them didn't like Smith any better than he liked them, and they resolved to catch him in the act.† (source)
- But Prof had a place for them; each was invited to take part in "Ad-Hoc Congress for Organization of Free Luna"—which met in Community Hall in Luna City, then resolved to stay in session until work was done, a week in L-City, a week in Novylen, then Hong Kong, and start over.† (source)
- It will be resolved by the spirits of the dead.† (source)
- The other faces in the crowded hall were clear in the bright sunlight, but hers wouldn't resolve no matter how hard he stared.† (source)
- This is a conundrum easily resolved by shooting only the people on the other side, and that's how war goes on and on.† (source)
- When we'd have a heated discussion, we'd try our best to resolve the issue, learn from it, and move forward.† (source)
- It was the silence and the fact that she did not want to say it, had come here resolved not to speak, but could not resist it, that made Dagny's voice sound so vibrantly harsh: "Got what you've been asking for, all these years, gentlemen?"† (source)
- We have still that sorry creature Rabadash on our hands, my friends, and must needs resolve what to do with him.† (source)
- In a continental nation as big and brawling and diverse as ours, I don't know how else—except through politics—we can resolve our differences and live together.† (source)
- Yet it came, and now it has ended, resolved, as it must be resolved, through the honored institutions of our democracy.† (source)
- But apart from who I was with Snow Flower, I was resolved to be an honorable wife, a praiseworthy daughter-in-law, and a scrupulous mother.† (source)
- But this calm resolve had been overthrown as soon as he'd arrived at the farm.† (source)
- It was so heavy a promise that I was quite resolved to keep it completely — even from my cousin, Rosalind.† (source)
- I'm still not really resolved in the makeup department because if I do run into Hawkeye she'll make me take it off if she spots it.† (source)
- He resolved to plod on, making for the western face which offered the best protection against the wind.† (source)
- Like an armada of incoming starships in a film about futuristic warfare, ominous black thunderheads slowly resolved out of the white mists overhead.† (source)
- I think my voice goes up an octave because I can't believe this, and I feel a decade's worth of resolve shatter.† (source)
- Just a tactical issue that has been resolved.† (source)
- I saw allusions in passages that Danny and his father overlooked, and I resolved a contradiction with an appeal to grammar.† (source)
- Not so much paternally, in that grim way my father always impressed himself on me, which eventually built up in my chest a resolve that told me I would never yield to him or surrender.† (source)
- Surely if there were any truth in the notion that reading fiction greatly increased our capacity for empathy then college English departments, which have by far the densest concentration of fiction readers in human history, would be legendary for their absence of back-stabbing, competitive ill-will, factional rage, and egocentric self-promoters; they'd be the one place where disputes are most often quickly and amiably resolved by mutual empathetic engagement.† (source)
- He studied as that skin thickened, and deformed, and resolved, shaping itself as inevitably as a fetus growing eyes, growing ears.† (source)
- Baker looked like he was ready to say "uncle:' "We're willing to roll the dice:' "What would it take to resolve this case without a trial?† (source)
- But Lane couldn't let a controversy drop until it had been resolved in his favor.† (source)
- After leading us to the brink of a precipice, they seem resolved to plunge us into the abyss.† (source)
- We can resolve very fine detail with something like that and continue our exploration of the wonders of the universe.† (source)
- This feeling underlay the well-advertised resolve of Sher-man's soldiers to take South Carolina apart.† (source)
- When the shriek of a whistle pierced through the maelstrom of sensations I was already drowning under, my resolve to not cave in disintegrated.† (source)
- I watched him covertly, wondering whether I should say, "You must be prepared: this new association will not be taken at face value, there will be vilifiers who will say it was done not for you, but for your mother, who will seek to destroy your peace"; but then I thought resolutely, I will not take the fire from his resolve or sow suspicion between them, and so I held my peace.† (source)
- He had waited until the case was resolved and they had returned to Venice.† (source)
- PLAYER (comforting): There ...GUIL (near tears) : Nothing will be resolved without him.... PLAYER: There ...I GUIL: We need Hamlet for our release!† (source)
- I want to get this resolved here and now.† (source)
- She resolved to do something in memory of Captain John Brown, something, she did not know what, "in behalf of God's despised poor.† (source)
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Then the laugh becomes a rattle that resolves into a long, slow exhale.
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- He feels a wave of panic surge through him, one that resolves into a knot deep in his gut. (source)
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