Example Sentences

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“I admired her strength, the determinedness with which she spoke, never letting herself be fazed by the assembly of bishops. She said what she wanted to say,” Francis said.

From Time • Aug. 29, 2016

It’s this grim determinedness, though, that has him on the verge of becoming perhaps the greatest college football coach in the history of the sport.

From Slate • Jan. 1, 2016

Mr Newman is now relying on "determinedness" to finish his creation, but he is concerned about the space the processor, which is 2m high, will take up.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2015

Softly, impalpably, with both the graciousness of a host and the determinedness of an intruder who will not be gainsaid, the first rays of morning light filtered into the mist.

From Over the Pass by Palmer, Frederick

Perhaps because of his "closeness," and his secret determinedness.

From The Lost Girl by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)