DETERMINATION in a Sentence

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397 example sentences for DETERMINATION, such as:
1. She was full of determination to achieve her goals.
2. He displayed determination as well as powerful oratory.
3. The first element of success is the determination to succeed.
4. Everyone concerned acted with great courage and determination.
5. She had the courage and determination to rise above her physical disability.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of DETERMINATION
determination
 n.  act of making or arriving at a decision; putting an end to; termination
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The things about him which she could not understand only made her love him more, and his odd, restrained courtship only served to increase her determination to have him for her own.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  True, grim determination had taken the place of high-hearted hopes, but people could still find a silver lining in the cloud.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  But when he thought of Mammy and the look of grim determination she wore as she cut into the velvet curtains, he was cheered a little.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
4  She was going to lose everything she had, while Sue-- Suddenly a determination was born in her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
5  And she was so grateful to Frank for saving Tara she felt a warm affection for him and an equally warm determination that he should never regret marrying her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
6  For the first time, she felt a kinship with the people about her, felt one with them in their fears, their bitterness, their determination.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
7  There was an air of command, assurance and determination about her, even when she smiled.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
8  There was the same breakneck, headlong determination in Scarlett's face that Melanie had often seen in Gerald O'Hara's face when his mind was made up.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
9  She knew that an Irishman with a determination to get somewhere was a valuable man to have, regardless of what his personal characteristics might be.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
10  They show you to be a person of energy and determination and a good money risk.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
11  Better have this over now while her determination not to have any more children was hot within her and while Ashley's love was giving her strength.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LI
12  She had short sturdy legs and wide eyes of Irish blue and a small square jaw that went with a determination to have her own way.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
13  Her face was puckered in the sad bewilderment of an old ape but there was determination in her jaw.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIX
14  Mrs. Peniston disliked scenes, and her determination to avoid them had always led her to hold herself aloof from the details of Lily's life.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 11
15  Selden knew that Bertha would fight to the last round of powder: the rashness of her conduct was illogically combined with a cold determination to escape its consequences.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 3
Example Sentence: (187 in 13 pages)
1  She was full of determination to achieve her goals.
2  Her ambition and dogged determination ensured that she rose to the top of her profession.
3  We must face tomorrow, whatever it may hold, with determination, joy, and bravery.
4  There is an unconscious heeling process within the mind which mends up in spite of our desperate determination never to forget.
5  To remember that success lies within myself; in my own brain, my own ambition, my own courage and determination.
6  Everyone concerned acted with great courage and determination.
7  It takes a lot of thought and effort and downright determination to be agreeable.
8  The first element of success is the determination to succeed.
9  Committees should cease to be executive or administrative bodies and should concentrate on policy determination.
10  The imnportant thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.
11  The experience of our side and the youthful determination of the other balance each other out.
12  She had the courage and determination to rise above her physical disability.
13  He displayed determination as well as powerful oratory.
14  A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
15  These equations affect inputs, memory, recall, determination of energy levels, convergence, and stability.