Example Sentences

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Capitals note: Marcus Johansson was a late scratch after having only rejoined his teammates late Wednesday night following a 20-hour trip from Sweden where he had been resolving a visa issue.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2014

In the days before the pilot's rescue, the President and his top aides had been resolving the final points of a secretly planned address that would be given from the Oval Office.

From Time Magazine Archive

He could see that she had been resolving for some time to speak to him, and that this little appeal was the result of a desperate determination.

From The Cathedral by Walpole, Hugh, Sir

She had been resolving to learn Hebrew five minutes before.

From The Lilac Sunbonnet by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

It is called the Devil's hole; and the Indians, I was told, had been resolving to send down one of their slaves to explore the region below.

From The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources by Frémont, John Charles