Sample sentences for CONCLUSIVE

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Definition

putting an end to doubt or question

conclusive proof

the evidence is conclusive
"Well," he said conclusively, "however much you pray it doesn't shorten your stretch.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn -- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
The response which bore upon the name of the street and not upon the street itself, appeared to Marius to be more conclusive than it really was.
Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
At length, as he mounted a low ridge, Fairdale lay bright and green before him not far away, and the sight was a conclusive check.
Zane Grey -- The Lone Star Ranger
I felt I had come to the end of my trouble and hankering, and it was conclusive.
Saul Bellow -- The Adventures of Augie March
The aged Fiers, in my conclusive opinion, isn't worth mending; his forefathers had better have him.
Anton Chekhov -- The Cherry Orchard
With an air of having settled that point conclusively he turned his attention elsewhere.
John Wyndham -- The Chrysalids
Before long the matching would be done and they would know conclusively if Kemp had been the one who had turned the downstairs floor upside down.
Stephen King -- Cujo
Considered as testimony, what you've said is sure important an' conclusive.
Zane Grey -- The Light of Western Stars
The ship at J-City is the only one I can see; the other landings I conclusively infer from the ballistics shown by blip tracks.
Robert A. Heinlein -- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
But when Kara ran in, Raison insisted the results weren't conclusive.
Ted Dekker -- Black: The Birth of Evil
That is not conclusive, because some people do certain actions with the right hand and others with the left.
Agatha Christie -- Murder On The Orient Express
—In pursuing these speculations, said the dean conclusively, there is, however, the danger of perishing of inanition.
James Joyce -- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"I'm not hankering to be the man that lays hands on you while he's around," Pete announced conclusively, nodding his head toward Buck.
Jack London -- The Call of the Wild
"You'll understand if you try hard enough," he said conclusively.
Sherwood Anderson -- Winesburg, Ohio
Investigators argued that it would be difficult to prove "conclusively" that Peterson had "willfully" lied.
Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
This conclusive observation appeared to dissipate all the doubts of Gringoire and the other sceptics in the audience.
Victor Hugo -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Dede kept trying to call Minerva, but the line was truly, conclusively down, and the operator became annoyed.
Julia Alvarez -- In the Time of the Butterflies
Then, impulsively and conclusively, she threw both arms about his neck and, pulling his head down, kissed him.
Theodore Dreiser -- An American Tragedy

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