DECIDED in a Sentence

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420 example sentences for DECIDED, such as:
1. She has decided on art as a career.
2. Finally she decided to remain quiet.
3. She's decided not to accept the job.
4. They decided to attack their enemy's southern flank.
5. He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of DECIDED
decided
 a.  recognizable; marked
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He foresaw so clearly the consequences of this imprudence that with considerable reluctance he decided to ask Andrew Hale for a small advance on his load.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  They never arrived at the correct answer, which was that Scarlett on that day had decided to make them notice.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  Miss O'Hara--I--I had already decided that if we did fight, I'd go over to South Carolina and join a troop there.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  And he decided when Melly was old enough to put up her hair and go to parties.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
5  She decided she was going to take this man down a notch or two.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  She laughed unwillingly, and the laughing reflection under the green brim decided her instantly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
7  Finally she decided to remain quiet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
8  "But when we got to Richmond, those two scoundrels," indicating the Fontaines, "decided that as they were shaving their beards, mine should come off too."
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
9  "I'll make Rhett give me that new black felt of his," she decided.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
10  "We'll take it with us," Scarlett decided swiftly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
11  "I won't think about it any more," she decided.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
12  She decided to ride to the Fontaines' first, not because they were the nearest neighbors but because old Dr. Fontaine might be there.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
13  In fact, Scarlett wondered if he could be called a gentleman at all and decided that he couldn't.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
14  After she had unsuccessfully canvassed the town and refused the importuning of many eager Carpetbaggers, she finally decided to take Tommy's suggestion and ask Hugh Elsing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
15  Atlanta had been scandalized enough when Scarlett, a woman, began operating the sawmill but, as time went by, the town decided there was no limit to what she would do.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She's decided not to accept the job.
2  Prison officers have decided to take industrial action.
3  He actually enjoys his new hair-style and has decided to start showing it off.
4  We have decided to waive the age - limit for applicants in your case.
5  Whatever the majority decided I was prepared to go along with.
6  We were having such a good time that we decided to prolong our stay by another week.
7  He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.
8  She has decided on art as a career.
9  I decided to put him under hypnosis and ask him again.
10  The invading force, conscious of their numerical inferiority at sea, decided on an airborne attack.
11  They decided to attack their enemy's southern flank.
12  The Washington state attorney general had not decided whether to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court.
13  It outraged the public that the local authority decided to close the road.
14  They decided to widen out the river to avoid the flooding.
15  She decided to be a nun in order to avoid meeting him.