Decided

Examples

• But there is a decided grouping of valuable metals, and these can then be readily separated by means of electricity. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• I decided to go on upstairs. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• But the light of that day's discovery, shining on these considerations, roused him to take a more decided course of action. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• When you go out close the door, for there is a decided draught. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Volta of Pavia, took decided issue with Galvani and maintained that the pretended animal electricity was nothing but electricity developed by the contact of two different metals. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Raymond, while he knew that his plans and prospects were to be discussed and decided during the expected debate, was gay and careless. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• After some consideration I decided on writing to the Arnolds, in Yorkshire. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Very decided character there, sir? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• But let us take a decided course, and put an end to any discomfort you may be suffering. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I decided that if I found a corresponding crowd there, the only thing to do to correct my lack of judgment in not getting more papers was to raise the price from five cents to ten. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Their very faces are not dissimilar--a pair of human falcons--and dry, direct, decided both. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Looking upwards, a furze-cutter would have been inclined to continue work; looking down, he would have decided to finish his faggot and go home. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Her own little right-hand middle finger got steeped to the very bone in ink; and I think that was the only decided result obtained. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He had seen one of the machines on exhibition, and had decided to try it. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• For everything of that nature I will be answerable, said Tom, in a decided tone. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• They were white-skinned, full, muscular legs, handsome and decided. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• When he turned his head quickly his hair seemed to shake out light, and some persons thought they saw decided genius in this coruscation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It cannot answer to be eccentric; you should think what will be generally liked, said Rosamond, in a decided little tone of admonition. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• To the astonishment of my clerk, I at once decided on granting an interview to the gentleman below. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I have thought it over, and have decided on increasing the dose. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• After Edison had decided this question, Upton made drawings and tables from which the real armatures were wound and connected to the commutator. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Bell studied this closely, discussed it with Wheatstone, and decided that he would devote himself to the problems of reproducing sounds mechanically. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• On finding that the case was no better the next morning they decided to send to Anglebury for a surgeon. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It was a gallant and decided triumph for Mrs. Bute. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• To which inquiry Mr. Pickwick returned a most decided negative. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• And upon this I decided in my own mind to sink or swim with it. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Besides it felt so uncomfortable that he quickly decided that he preferred the shame to the discomfort. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The carriage came again at midnight to take him home, but frequently had to wait until 2 or 3 o'clock, and sometimes return without him, as he had decided to continue all night. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Birkin decided that he detested toasts, and footmen, and assemblies, and mankind altogether, in most of its aspects. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• If Miss Fairlie---- Not to be thought of for a moment, interposed Miss Halcombe, in her most decided manner. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

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