Decisive

Examples

• I believe many objections might be made to this system But at present I shall confine myself to one, which is in my opinion very decisive. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• But this decisive victory was the most effective campaign argument made in the canvass. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The two armies had been confronting each other so long, without any decisive result, that they hardly knew which could whip. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Happily she never attempted to joke, and this perhaps was the most decisive mark of her cleverness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• To excel in any profession, in which but few arrive at mediocrity, it is the most decisive mark of what is called genius, or superior talents. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• This battle at Valmy--it was little more than a cannonade--was one of the decisive battles in the world's history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The event of the conflict is decisive: my way is now clear; I thank God for it! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• This argument deserves to be weighed, as being, in my opinion, entirely decisive. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• He met Early at the crossing of Opequon Creek, a most decisive victory--one which the country. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The next event was decisive. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Sorel is engaged in presenting the General Strike as the decisive battle of the class struggle and the core of the socialist movement. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He fulfilled it so vigorously that ere long he came to a decisive rupture with his old Tory friend the rector. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• A man might see good arguments for changing once, and not see them for changing again, said Lydgate, amused with the decisive old lady. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Gustavus Adolphus was killed in his decisive victory over Wallenstein at Lützen (1632), and Wallenstein was murdered in 1634. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The style of the visit, and the shortness of it, were then felt to be decisive. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Iron cannon were still of small size and not very abundant, and they did not play a decisive part as yet in warfare. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• No food can afford a more decisive proof of its nourishing quality, or of its being peculiarly suitable to the health of the human constitution. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• A forward movement to a decisive victory was necessary. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It would be bad to be defeated in two decisive battles fought the same day, but it would not be bad to win them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I established with myself, on these occasions, the reputation of a first-rate man of business,--prompt, decisive, energetic, clear, cool-headed. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Sharp, decisive speeches came thronging into her mind, now that it was too late to utter them. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• But the resistance was so obstinate that the advantage gained did not prove decisive. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The most decisive mark of the prosperity of any country is the increase of the number of its inhabitants. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He had her mould of mouth and chin--all less decisive, accurate, and clear than those of the young mill-owner. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Daily skirmishes, without decisive results, had taken place outside the walls. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But Mr. Mawmsey answered in a tone of decisive check. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Had she doubted his meaning while she listened, the glow in his face, when she looked up at him, would have been decisive. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• To confirm this we may add the following argument, which to me seems perfectly decisive and convincing. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Lydgate still waited, but at last turned to speak in his most decisive tones. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Harriet had been conscious of a difference in his behaviour ever since those two decisive dances. Jane Austen. Emma.

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