resolute
adjective
firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion.
resoluteness
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a word derived from
resolute.
Example Sentences
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Arsenal's defensive resoluteness been often criticised, with them being labelled as dull and over-pragmatic, but it has been fundamental throughout their unbeaten run to the final.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
Even if she couldn’t run, she’d at least stride up and down the greenway for a half-dozen miles with the resoluteness of someone perpetually primed to step up to a fight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
He smiles over his fresh catch of shellfish and ends our conversation with a resoluteness that gives hope that the Gullah Geechee people may prevail in preserving their culture and the islands.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 6, 2023
Her patience, on the other hand, felt inexhaustible, and it was Morris’s own understated resoluteness that seemed to dictate the tone of the day despite her hardly making a single demand.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2022
Undoubtedly it was the resoluteness, pride, and enthusiasm of its people, and their love of the game as an intellectual and cultural pursuit.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
