How to Use decide in a Sentence

decide

verb

• One blow decided the fight.
• This battle could very well decide the war.
• A few hundred votes could decide the election.
• I am trying to decide if it's warm enough for swimming.
• They decided that he was right.
• The case will be decided by the Supreme Court.
• Will the business be successful? Let the public decide.
• She is having difficulty deciding about the offer.
• He decided that dinner would be at 7 o'clock, and asked guests to arrive at 6.
• Did the team decide not to risk it?
  — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
• The whiplash in prices made some decide enough was enough.
  — ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
• Any coach will tell you that one play won’t decide the game.
  — Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
• Swift had reason to decide to sit the night out.
  — Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• The market gets to decide how to treat them.
  — Zev Fima, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
• Your job is not to decide whether your child is lying.
  — Jann Blackstone, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
• The matchup in the post could decide the outcome.
  — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026
• If a board decides to do away with such a body, the law permits it.
  — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• The wild card races in both leagues are still to be decided, too.
  — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
• Sayed decided to try the pump, and placed it through her femoral artery.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
• The court has two months to decide whether or not to grant this request.
  — Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
• And the – and Iran shouldn't be permed to just decide who gets through.
  — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
• Palace decide to tweak their approach, though.
  — Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
• Say what the goal is, decide who is doing what, and name the next step.
  — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
• Work with your stylist to decide what length and layers might work best for you.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025
• Why not decide for yourself, hm?
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
• Who decides to show out or stay home on election day tends to change by the year.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
• If the match is still tied, it will be decided by a best-of-five shootout.
  — Mike Toole, CBS News, 13 June 2026
• Each of the first six games were decided by a single goal.
  — Eduardo A. Encina, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
• So there is nothing to be decided at this time.
  — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
• The other cities have yet to decide where to spend the money.
  — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2023