DECIDE in a Sentence

Learn DECIDE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for DECIDE, such as:
1. I can't decide what to wear.
2. Reckon the cost before you decide.
3. I was to decide on the best of them.
4. You have our support, whatever you decide.
5. It was difficult to decide between the various options.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of DECIDE
decide
 v.  influence or determine
 v.  reach, make, or come to a decision about something
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  My father wished her not to go but said that he left it to her own judgment and feelings to decide.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
2  The sun is yet high in the heavens; before it descends to hide itself behind your snowy precipices and illuminate another world, you will have heard my story and can decide.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
3  My heart beat quick; this was the hour and moment of trial, which would decide my hopes or realize my fears.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
4  After she had obliterated three years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
5  A short, a very short time however must now decide what Willoughby's intentions were; in all probability he was already in town.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26
6  I was to decide on the best of them.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 36
7  And the worst was, that I must decide quickly, or I should miss the afternoon coach, which would take me down in time for to-night.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LII
8  "Well, doctor, decide our fate," said the princess.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 1
9  And he said to himself again in the dining room, "Yes, I must decide and put a stop to it, and express my view of it."
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 8
10  I have left this question to you to decide, and I am very glad to see.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 20
11  Now, Kostya, you have to decide," said Stepan Arkadyevitch with an air of mock dismay, "a weighty question.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 4
12  "And one vote may decide the whole question, and one must be serious and consecutive, if one wants to be of use in public life," concluded Sergey Ivanovitch.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 28
13  "Must decide, and I have decided," she said, and she would have gone away, but at that moment Yashvin walked into the room.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 25
14  "It will be for the maiden to decide," rejoined young Drebber, smirking at his own reflection in the glass.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
15  It had come to be accepted that the pigs, who were manifestly cleverer than the other animals, should decide all questions of farm policy, though their decisions had to be ratified by a majority vote.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I need to know more about the job before I decide whether to apply for it.
2  I'll visit the college and suss it out before I decide whether to apply or not.
3  She couldn't decide whether he was telling the truth or not.
4  Employers usually decide within five minutes whether someone is suitable for the job.
5  It was difficult to decide between the various options.
6  They wait for the group to decide rather than making individual decisions.
7  I can't decide what to wear.
8  You have our support, whatever you decide.
9  You can't sit on the fence any longer - you have decide whose side you're on.
10  I will engage for his behavior should you decide to employ him.
11  The prime minister may decide to call an early election.
12  It is the Prime Minister's prerogative to decide when to call an election.
13  My client accepts the formal apology without prejudice to any further legal action she may decide to take.
14  We have to decide if this is a worthwhile commercial undertaking.
15  Reckon the cost before you decide.