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Are you making any New Year's resolutions this year?

Then, about a week before the exams were due to start, Harry's new resolution not to interfere in anything that didn't concern him was put to an unexpected test.  (source) J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 1997

My first thought was a resolution: I resolved to never again work for my father.  (source) Tara Westover, Educated, 2018

Through tears, he apologized and promised never to mistreat another POW. His resolution didn't last.  (source) Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken, 2010

So on New Year's Eve, I sat home completing my list of New Year's resolutions.  (source) Melba Pattillo Beals, Warriors Don't Cry, 1994

My New Year's resolution.  (source) David Wroblewski, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, 2008

The problem with resolutions is they're only as solid as the person making them.  (source) Ellen Hopkins, Crank, 2004

She made a New Year's resolution to finish her book by summertime.  (source) Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, 2007

But somehow it's hard to carry out your resolutions when irresistible temptations come.  (source) Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne Of Green Gables, 1908

Since Owen had made fake draft cards for himself and me before his lofty, Kennedy-inspired resolution not to break the law, we used the cards to be admitted to Old Freddy's.  (source) John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany, 1989

We have failed to keep our resolutions;  (source) George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, 1860

Sometimes I'd decide to stay angry, but then I always had so much to talk about after school that I'd forget my resolution and want Mother to stop whatever she was doing and lend a willing ear.  (source) Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl, 1952

Resolutions (chapter title)  (source) Ellen Hopkins, Crank, 2004

Congress passed a resolution supporting the country's right to defend itself.

"I don't see the need for a formal resolution on this," Dodgson said. "Just a sense of the room, as to whether you feel I should proceed...." Slowly the heads nodded. Nobody spoke. Nobody went on record. They just nodded silently.  (source) Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park, 1993

Once the resolutions were agreed, they were sent to officials and a handful were even acted on.  (source) Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala, 2013

Friday, June 7, 1776 BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN US BY CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS OF THE CONGRESS OF THE COLONY OF NEW-YORK OF THE 7th DAY OF JUNE, ….  (source) Laurie Halse Anderson, Chains, 2008

The Tonkin Gulf Resolution was approved by the House by a unanimous vote of 416 to 0; it passed the Senate by a vote of 88 to 2.  (source) John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany, 1989

In theory, federal resolutions are constitutionally binding on the States; but in practice, they are merely recommendations that the States observe or disregard.  (source) James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, & John Jay, The Federalist Papers -- Modern English Edition 2, 2008

At the instigation of the Communist Party and the Indian Congress, the convention passed a resolution for a one-day general strike, known as Freedom Day, on May 1, calling for the abolition of the pass laws and all discriminatory legislation.  (source) Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, 1994

"I —" All my resolutions gone in a second.†  (source) Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch, 2013

But for George Norris, the victory on the investigation resolution was only a preliminary step.  (source) John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage, 1955

All around him men were walking silently with their thoughts, reforming their lives, making resolutions.†  (source) Ian McEwan, Atonement, 2001

A unanimous resolution was passed on the spot that the farmhouse should be preserved as a museum.  (source) George Orwell, Animal Farm, 1945

After Tom left, she had been firm with herself, setting herself all sorts of resolutions for the day and the days to come.†  (source) Nicholas Evans, The Horse Whisperer, 1995

Acting, therefore, in the defense of our own security and of the entire Western Hemisphere, and under the authority entrusted to me by the Constitution as endorsed by the resolution of the Congress, I have directed that the following initial steps be taken immediately:  (source) John F. Kennedy, Cuban Missile Crisis Speech, 1962

Through many years and hardships, her resolution to serve the poor never wavered.

But I couldn't listen, not really, because Baba's casual little comment had planted a seed in my head: the resolution that I would win that winter's tournament.  (source) Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner, 2003

Though exhausted, they fought the urge to sleep, afraid that a ship or submarine would pass and they'd miss it. ... Mac was alone in his wakefulness, his mind spinning with fear. ... Grasping at an addled resolution, he began to stir.  (source) Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken, 2010

If he looked into the strobed rain too long, he ended up curled and oblivious, for if there was no figure to be seen in the falling drops of water, he felt abandoned, and if he saw anything—a shape, a movement, a form—he screamed, silently, despite all resolution to the contrary.  (source) David Wroblewski, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, 2008

Yet do not suppose, because I complain a little or because I can conceive a consolation for my toils which I may never know, that I am wavering in my resolutions.  (source) Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, 1831

I don't know where I even got this rush of resolution.  (source) Lauren Oliver, Delirium, 2011

Even the sailors feel the power of his eloquence; when he speaks, they no longer despair; he rouses their energies, and while they hear his voice they believe these vast mountains of ice are mole-hills which will vanish before the resolutions of man.  (source) Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, 1831

"Thee knows a Quaker does not run away." ... But Hannah's brief resolution suddenly gave way, and all at once she clung to Kit, sobbing like a child.  (source) Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, 1958

PARRIS, with resolution now: Betty! Answer Mr. Hale!  (source) Arthur Miller, The Crucible, 1953

But I know many tricks and I have resolution.  (source) Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea, 1952

And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter. No argument must lead you astray.  (source) George Orwell, Animal Farm, 1945

Soft, soft, but how piercing! boring and drilling into reason, tunnelling through resolution.  (source) Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, 1932

Even in his sleep he is intense with resolution.  (source) Bram Stoker, Dracula, 1897

We continue to work together, but there is still no resolution to our disagreement.

Mom and Bob's problems were my first introduction to marital conflict resolution.  (source) J. D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy, 2016

Why, when we offer them psychologists and counselors and experts on conflict resolution, are they going to youth groups and looking for friends?  (source) Misty Bernall, She Said Yes, 1999

A man genuinely interested in a peaceful resolution.  (source) Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, 2007

Poincaré didn't offer any resolutions of this quandary.  (source) Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, 1974

As for the settlement of the disputed deed, you can be sure the Indians were not the beneficiaries of the resolution to that difference of opinion.  (source) John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany, 1989

The resolution of that mystery calmed fears but did nothing to soothe Savannah's increasing impatience with the new art school.  (source) John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, 1994

It is a paradox in whose grip we still live, and there is no prospect yet that we will discover its resolution.  (source) Arthur Miller, The Crucible, 1953

This chance may soon come, as I understand that the prospects for a peaceful resolution of the current differences between North and South are not hopeful, and the Southern States talk seriously of secession.  (source) Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace, 1996

A. Joe Fish, a federal judge in Texas, heard Supreme Beef's arguments and immediately ordered USDA inspectors back into the plant, pending final resolution of the lawsuit.  (source) Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation, 2001

Your Honor, I see where counsel is going with this and I think I have a resolution.  (source) David Baldacci, Wish You Well, 2001

Other disputes have dragged on for weeks before reaching resolution.  (source) Al Gore, Al Gore Concession Speech, 2000

He too performed a Copernican inversion and as a result of this inversion produced a resolution of the separate worlds of classical and romantic understanding.  (source) Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, 1974

High-resolution scrutiny reveals that both quarters were minted in 1984.  (source) Ernest Cline, Ready Player One, 2011

Four technicians in lab coats were peering into double-barreled stereo microscopes, or looking at images on high resolution video screens.  (source) Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park, 1993

A high-resolution scan of the album's cover appeared on my display.  (source) Ernest Cline, Ready Player One, 2011

They were in another room, and from the deep green glow he realized it was the deserted DNA-extraction laboratory, the rows of stereo microscopes abandoned, the high-resolution screens showing frozen, giant black-and-white images of insects.  (source) Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park, 1993

This time the resolution was perfect, and Alan Grant had a glimpse of the skeleton, beautifully defined, the long neck arched back.  (source) Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park, 1993

I pulled up some image-analysis software and made a high-resolution scan of both sides of the wrapper.  (source) Ernest Cline, Ready Player One, 2011

On the TV screen, we see Halliday use a sword to slay a red dragon, although due to the game's crude low-resolution graphics, this looks more like a square using an arrow to stab a deformed duck.  (source) Ernest Cline, Ready Player One, 2011

The OASIS contained hundreds (and eventually thousands) of high-resolution 3-D worlds for people to explore, and each one was beautifully rendered in meticulous graphical detail, right down to bugs and blades of grass, wind and weather patterns.  (source) Ernest Cline, Ready Player One, 2011

The visor drew the OASIS directly onto my retinas, at the highest frame rate and resolution perceptible to the human eye.  (source) Ernest Cline, Ready Player One, 2011

As my avatar plummeted down into the museum, the green vector-graphic theme disappeared and I found myself in high-resolution full-color surroundings.  (source) Ernest Cline, Ready Player One, 2011

It was a high-resolution scan of the instruction manual cover for the text adventure game Zork—the version released in 1980 by Personal Software for the TRS-80 Model III.  (source) Ernest Cline, Ready Player One, 2011