DECIDE in a Sentence

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And the worst was, that I must decide quickly, or I should miss the afternoon coach, which would take me down in time for to-night.

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 Meanings and Examples of DECIDE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
decide
 v.  reach, make, or come to a decision about something
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  My father wished her not to go but said that he left it to her own judgment and feelings to decide.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
2  The sun is yet high in the heavens; before it descends to hide itself behind your snowy precipices and illuminate another world, you will have heard my story and can decide.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
3  My heart beat quick; this was the hour and moment of trial, which would decide my hopes or realize my fears.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
4  After she had obliterated three years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
5  A short, a very short time however must now decide what Willoughby's intentions were; in all probability he was already in town.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26
6  I was to decide on the best of them.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 36
7  And the worst was, that I must decide quickly, or I should miss the afternoon coach, which would take me down in time for to-night.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LII
8  "Well, doctor, decide our fate," said the princess.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 1
9  And he said to himself again in the dining room, "Yes, I must decide and put a stop to it, and express my view of it."
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 8
10  I have left this question to you to decide, and I am very glad to see.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 20
11  Now, Kostya, you have to decide," said Stepan Arkadyevitch with an air of mock dismay, "a weighty question.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 4
12  "And one vote may decide the whole question, and one must be serious and consecutive, if one wants to be of use in public life," concluded Sergey Ivanovitch.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 28
13  "Must decide, and I have decided," she said, and she would have gone away, but at that moment Yashvin walked into the room.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 25
14  "It will be for the maiden to decide," rejoined young Drebber, smirking at his own reflection in the glass.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
15  It had come to be accepted that the pigs, who were manifestly cleverer than the other animals, should decide all questions of farm policy, though their decisions had to be ratified by a majority vote.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  We hope that more women will decide to join the course.
17  An industrial tribunal has no jurisdiction to decide whether an employee was fairly or unfairly dismissed.
18  You examine a patient and then you decide whether or not to operate.
19  The present leaders have to decide whether to stand down and hand over to a younger generation.
20  I shall decide for going abroad later.
21  A dentist may decide to extract the tooth to prevent recurrent trouble.
22  In the first place, we should decide on one program.
23  Before I decide, I need time to reflect.
24  We must size up the situation before we decide what to do.
25  The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.
26  We need to decide soon what marketing strategy we should pursue for these new products.
27  The team's first task was to decide what equipment could be salvaged.
28  We'll decide on our team as and when we qualify for the competition.
29  Think it over carefully before u decide.
30  You decide who's going to start by throwing the dice.