How to Use resolute in a Sentence

resolute

adjective
Definition of resolutenext
Synonyms for resolutenext
  • 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
  • That churning of the past was a resolute part of country’s stance in 2023.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Players, though, have been more resolute than in the past.
    — James Wagner, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The resolute independence, and the guts to go it alone.
    — Kristin E. Holmes, Philly.com, 12 May 2018
  • Throughout the drama of the last few days, the group have remained resolute.
    — NBC News, 8 July 2018
  • Elias is fifty-three, balding, with a round and resolute face.
    — Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Today, the scene is more serene, with the tree—and a rebuilt Stone Bridge—sturdy and resolute.
    — Mike Yessis, Smithsonian, 25 Aug. 2017
  • The poster is mostly filled with a sternly resolute man’s face.
    — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 8 Aug. 2018
  • 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
  • At the same time, Kudlow was resolute about the economy’s strength.
    — Rich Miller, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2020
  • What are your plans to align the interests of the school district and the city for a more complete and resolute DeSoto?
    — Tyler Carter, Dallas News, 28 Jan. 2021
  • The world's resolute love for Princess Diana will reach new heights come August.
    — Taylor Branson, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Feb. 2017
  • 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
  • Dolan was resolute that his new venue should have an iconic shape.
    — Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Cheung looks over her shoulder from the doorway of the hotel room, her face a resolute mask.
    — Frankie Huang, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Might have gone even further than that had there not been a resolute response.
    — NBC News, 12 Dec. 2021
  • That was enough for Smith to be resolute in his decision.
    — Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Even though many Ukrainians do not see her as one of their own, Diash is resolute.
    — Terrell Jermaine Starr, The Root, 28 July 2017
  • The resolute language in public letters to CEOs is gone.
    — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 6 May 2023
  • 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
  • Troops who swept in from Belarus to the north spent weeks trying to clear a path to Kyiv, but their advance stalled in the face of resolute defense from Ukraine’s forces.
    — NBC News, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Either way, Jokowi was hardly the strong, resolute ruler.
    — The Economist, 29 Aug. 2020
  • The man, wearing turquoise medical scrubs and an N95 mask, stood silent and resolute, blocking traffic in the middle of the road.
    — Jennifer Hassan, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2020
  • 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
  • But Boone was resolute about what Andujar should have done on his play.
    — Wallace Matthews, New York Times, 12 May 2018
  • That kept engine speed at a resolute 1500 rpm almost the entire trip.
    — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 23 June 2017
  • Yet the fear that it was intended to strike in the hearts of Ukrainians seems to have manifested more as resolute courage.
    — Tim Maurer, Forbes, 15 May 2022
  • Weary and resolute Elizabeth Nourse, in her self-portrait, turns to meet our eyes.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2018

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