How to Use resolute in a Sentence

resolute

adjective
  • He has remained resolute in his opposition to the bill.
  • She is a resolute competitor.
  • Let there be no doubt that this team is of one blessed soul and of one resolute mind.
    Reader Submitted, Cincinnati.com, 25 Aug. 2019
  • The resolute independence, and the guts to go it alone.
    Kristin E. Holmes, Philly.com, 12 May 2018
  • Players, though, have been more resolute than in the past.
    James Wagner, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Throughout the drama of the last few days, the group have remained resolute.
    NBC News, 8 July 2018
  • Dolan was resolute that his new venue should have an iconic shape.
    Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The poster is mostly filled with a sternly resolute man’s face.
    Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 8 Aug. 2018
  • Might have gone even further than that had there not been a resolute response.
    NBC News, 12 Dec. 2021
  • Elias is fifty-three, balding, with a round and resolute face.
    Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Cheung looks over her shoulder from the doorway of the hotel room, her face a resolute mask.
    Frankie Huang, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2021
  • That was enough for Smith to be resolute in his decision.
    Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Young British men of the upper classes were once brought up to be brave and resolute in the face of injury or death in both sports and war.
    Margaret MacMillan, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Conscious leaders are strong and resolute with moral fiber and courage of their convictions.
    Kent Gregoire, Forbes, 28 May 2021
  • My intent was to select Jewish songs of protest and hope that would inspire us to be strong and resolute.
    Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Perhaps his main point of difference with those dead men was his lack of resolute alertness.
    William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Atleti are strong and resolute first and foremost and will rely again, upon their back line for a platform on which to build from.
    SI.com, 11 May 2018
  • At the same time, Kudlow was resolute about the economy’s strength.
    Rich Miller, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2020
  • But the short war gave way to a long struggle against internecine fighting and a resolute insurgency.
    New York Times, 30 June 2021
  • Auria Morales remains resolute in her quest for a healthy and happy life.
    Maria Aguilar, The Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Yet spirits were resolute among members of the rescue force at the camp on Saturday.
    NBC News, 7 July 2018
  • Palmer is resolute from the beginning, determined to be unruffled by the shocks and scares around them.
    Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The namesake cake is tempting enough to lure even the most resolute weight-watcher into a witch’s cottage.
    Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 17 June 2022
  • Maybe boring, stable and resolute will be back en vogue next election.
    Scott Jennings, CNN, 26 July 2022
  • For each brush fire, Belichick is there to smother the flames, grim but resolute in the face of questioning.
    Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Either way, Jokowi was hardly the strong, resolute ruler.
    The Economist, 29 Aug. 2020
  • But Boone was resolute about what Andujar should have done on his play.
    Wallace Matthews, New York Times, 12 May 2018
  • But calls for measures to protect the special counsel are nowhere near as specific or resolute.
    Author: Karoun Demirjian, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2018
  • But the Brown who stares out from photos taken of him during that era invariably looks resolute.
    John Blake, CNN, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Still others are resolute in their decision to let seltzer water serve as their bubbly.
    New York Times, 12 Jan. 2022

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