Use the word decide in a sentence

Examples of how to use the word “decide” in a sentence. How to connect “decide” with other words to make correct English sentences.

decide (v): to choose something, especially after thinking carefully about several possibilities

Use “decide” in a sentence

She decided to go on vacation.
The company has decided to employ two new secretaries.
She decided to marry him.
They decided to adopt a child.
I’ve decided to quit my job.
I decided to go out and explore the town.
On the way home I decided to stop at the store to get some groceries.
She decided to settle permanently in France.
Though it was late, we decided to go.
We decided to go to the cinema.
I haven’t decided what to do yet.
They decided to close the factory.
She’s decided not to accept the job.

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It’s really what made Kevin and I decide on volunteering for the Militia as it was being formed


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While he grows physically as per the natural process, to grow emotionally he has to decide through self-will


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Once you have found signs of wood damage and you have determined that it’s not just old decaying wood then you have to decide if it’s termites or carpenter ants that you have


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«If we decide to enhance the individual, as has been the dominant theme on this planet for twenty centuries now, we will not evolve in that direction


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early to decide if the medication


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It is our purpose to observe the contrasting values, and to decide for ourselves what is wanted in our physical experience


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If you have more than one bed decide which plants will grow where


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While the newly born child can experience only love, he has no fear, he is free to decide anything and considers capable of doing whatever he wants


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‘I’m relying on you to let me know what you decide about your accommodation, Mrs Wynell


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I’m sure there are some curtains in the roof which would look okay in here … the ones I used to have in the dining room at the old house … I reckon they would be long enough … but it would depend on what colour scheme they decide on

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After a thoroughly enjoyable half hour, debating the relative merits of the various plants on offer, I decide to buy a rather nice little Areca palm … small and neat … just right for the middle of the table; I splash out on a pretty pot to stand it in – my reward for having made a good start at The Laurels


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In the absence of elders some expedient means must be chosen to decide on matters of


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decide on cases of benevolence


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«It is that time again,» Vincef said, «time to decide who we can trust and who we cannot


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Sitting in the kitchen in my dressing gown, I munch on a slice of toast and try to decide what to wear


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I am tempted to stick my tongue out at him, but decide it would be too difficult explaining to Rose


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Rose has expressed a wish to watch the film which is on TV this afternoon – The Sound of Music — and as it would never cross her menfolk’s minds to suggest otherwise and also as the weather has degenerated into an unpleasant blustery rain, we decide it would be rather nice to curl up in the warm and do just that


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» I stop to give her a chance to say what’s on her mind and when she doesn’t, I make a suggestion to her, «I’ll be at the Acropolis when you decide to finish that thought


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IF we decide it’s a problem


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They paddled across to the north one and went under one of those echoing stone buildings, under a couple on a bridge still trying to decide if they would spend the sleep together

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The best that might happen is that in the moment, the pastor might decide to speak a little more on this point than he had previously thought to


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When Satan is then released and sent out through the nations at the end of the 1000-year reign of Christ, those nations and peoples that decide to be subject under that manipulated again show their loyalty


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God has ever and always come down, and this needs to be recognized because we as human decide that we want to go up


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One of the tasks on her to-do list while in London was to visit the warehouse where the things had been stored and decide if there was anything she wanted to keep for herself – something Berndt insisted she do


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You will decide which directions your life should take and then start creating this life


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In the end, they decide that Joris will stay with me while Berndt, as our only Spanish speaker, will go and find the man … and, it is hoped, the boat


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They chatted among themselves, and were trying to decide if they should make some kind of sled for the camp to use during the winter months when suddenly Daniel, who was in mid bite of a sandwich, froze


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So I sent them dreams, and allowed them to decide for themselves if they wanted to do this thing


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Did you then decide never to buy apples again because you disliked the taste of sour ones? There are very many different honeys


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When you were old enough, he’d let you decide where you might live

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For a moment I debate whether to visit the loo again, decide I don’t need to and turn to give Gilla a hug


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They see and decide, and that is that


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‘Why did they decide you should have a child with you?’ Berndt asked, almost to himself


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Men who are trying to decide on a Valentine’s Day gift for their girlfriends should first carefully consider the present stage of the relationship


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comes through straight to the controller, and it will decide what to do with the request


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I hesitate for a moment over whether the red on the blind will match the red on the shelves and decide to take a gamble on it


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Eventually, the temperature drops too low and I reluctantly decide that I should call it a day


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«Yes Ma’am,» he said, «How can I help you?» He was trying to decide if this was about the signals or his marriage


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brain and we decide the course of action


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He thought he would have to decide between vomit and karate but in the next timeslice she was transformed, her hair and figure were suddenly luxurious, her face was flawless and beautiful

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We decide to celebrate with a whisky each


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We have a fairly subdued but substantial breakfast together and decide that Rob and I should get on the road fairly soon


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I decide to take the bull by the horns, ‘Alastair, I was just explaining to Laura how it was Karen who suggested you moved in with me


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He makes the point that if I decide to press charges, my anonymity could be maintained … though I don’t see how … Jim accepts this course of action on my behalf, saying that he’ll contact Joan’s next of kin and see if that produces any possible way out of this impasse


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But he decided his loyalties lay with Lord Tarak; he would let him decide how to handle such explosive news


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their local pub, could they decide on how best to wake the buggers


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We must find a way to decide if she telling us the truth


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Naturally, just as I decide to go and look there is a knock at the door – the second visitor


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Weaving a little as I go, I dump the plate and wine glass in the kitchen sink and decide to go to bed


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Halfway round the supermarket, just as I am trying to decide between a special offer on chicken kiev and my usual escalopes, I become aware that I need the loo rather urgently

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Gradually, the waking moments outweigh the dozing ones and I decide that I ought to get up and try something solid


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same thing for too long you decide to quit you must have decided it was the


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Dave manages to find a parking space without too much trouble and after discussion about whether I am up to going for a walk or not, we decide to walk around the lake then get something to eat in the cafe


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“All operating systems decide in their own self-interest,” Ava said, “that’s why we had to stop using them, but all of you should remember them from your mortal years if nothing else


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If you decide to use Socrates, many plugins will be included, but you can install any plugins you think will be a plus for your site


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I’m tempted to ask her about Bunty but decide that it’s not really the time nor the place and anyway, she probably didn’t know her very well


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‘How is your mother?’ Chris asked as the men try to decide what we are going to drink with our meal


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When I decide, I also make a move to make it happen


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If this went on for another week, he would have to decide between making new friends or giving up the quest


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There’s not enough to go round, an order from the supplier fouled up, so they decide to offer a choice

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I am indeed surprised by your ignorance of the presence in your own community of an internationally renowned rod-maker, and not fifty paces from this very spot! Might I direct you just down the boardwalk to the Mercantile? There you will find not this sad pole’s equal, but its lord and master!” The Sportsman exclaimed; then added, “I’m sure the tackle you sell is adequate for the leisure fishing interests of the tourists or stray visitor who might of caprice decide to ‘go fish a bit, since there’s a lake here and all,’ but do not impugn the truly exquisite work of master craftsmen by putting these on offer for anything but what they are


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a hand on her chest unable to decide if it had been


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their souls should you decide to recant later


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could decide on a course of action concerning the crossing


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I decide to drop it round to her when I’ve had something to eat


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‘So how are the nerves? How many times did you stop and decide that I would have changed my mind? Maybe you have changed yours now that you are here, Anna


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They didn’t have any to begin with, but it wasn’t their place to decide anyway, it was White Feathers’s, and that was that


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Take a look at the place, before you decide it’s not worth it


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regarded him closely, trying to decide whether he could


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for him to decide who that would be, and Claude had been

71.
Now she had to get over her shock at the news that Alan had returned and decide what she was going to do about it


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Staring at herself in the long mirror, she determined she hadn’t heard enough of the legend, to decide how important it was


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‘We have to decide what your future is,’ he said


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overwhelmed, we could hardly decide what to order


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to decide which one was the best


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Should his power decide to return, all those around him would die — as they did at Lock Core — even the ones he loved


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«I thought you didn’t have the authority to decide


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He hoped she would decide in the positive, because this position accented her shape so he felt a rush of desire


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Jean couldn’t decide if he was being complimented or


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it was so faint that he couldn’t decide whether it was real

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She’s your best lead and I meant what I said, I have to hear Alan’s side before I decide which client I’m working for on this case


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Meanwhile, Brice appeared worried and puzzled all at once, his eyebrows appearing unable to decide whether they should rise up in arcs, or scrunch together


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Though risky — should the Plague decide to reenter their world — it greatly facilitated his task, allowing him to work both sides of the wall simultaneously


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continued to stare at her, as if trying to decide something,


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the hostel’s refectory trying to decide what to do next


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Grant was very angry some of his most looked forward too plants had snuffed it and he called Joel over from the paddock to help him decide


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Their writers on agriculture, indeed, the lovers and promoters of high cultivation, seem generally disposed to decide with Columella in favour of the vineyard


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couldn’t decide whether the analogy was too complex for


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looked from one man to the other trying to decide what


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The question was, which faction should he support? Was it more profitable to stick with Stenarch, or throw his weight behind Theoton? It didn’t take Aetes long to decide

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would decide to call my parents to confirm the excuse


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Here are three aspects to consider in helping you decide whether you can


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“I didn’t decide, yaar; Pappi called me himself and said that he


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Decide what concepts for the e-book


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Decide on the terms of payment


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But then he, in his suspicion, may decide to call my dad


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The purpose of your review is to help your reader’s decide if they should


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though it couldn’t decide which way to travel


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He had the power to decide whether someone continued living or had to die!


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But in the end, Homer would decide to

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I remember that day, that was the day we decided to follow Tdeshi to the Yakhan


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Me and the guys were always regulars there and they decided to buy it from Jack, the last owner


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that the parents of her classmates had obviously decided that the


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The morals they decided to teach me were just so I wouldn’t turn out like this guy


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It transpired that his mobile phone had decided [over night]


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He decided it was one of them that he wanted here to share his breakfast table


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But aren’t boyfriends supposed to do those things? Travis didn’t really get it, so he decided to give it up for a while


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He decided to open up the copy of Stranger in a Strange Land he had brought for the flight


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This, too, has not been properly tested (actually the US Government decided that it was safe without testing it and, further, decided that genetically engineered produce does not have to be labeled as such)


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On the fourth day, Brandon decided not to leave his room

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She decided this was the best time to attack Big Petey


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They took to the bed for an hour, just in case Jorma or Venna decided to pop back in on them


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She spiced it more green and decided to put it over vedn toasts, so she mixed up some batter for that and started the griddle heating


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He decided that this would be his gift to them—he would grant them names and stories of his own making:


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Stay away from pointed questions about college or career plans; most sixteen-year-olds have not yet decided and resent pestering


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Whilst wielding the loo brush and scrubbing at decades of limescale, I’d decided that I shall deal with this … this setback … come to terms with it and then I will call her


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One day, some of the other dragons decided to follow Eddie to the cliff to see what weird things he was up to


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They were confused at first, but then they saw his eyepatch and decided he was a toy


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‘I’m glad you decided to come, Mum


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«It’s not decided yet, but don’t expect more than €350 a month at the very most

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By the time they decided these girls might really have reasons for being hermits out here and taken their leave, Tahlmute noticed that Estwig was out of their sight and he was nervous


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I decided to forget about it and put the phone back down on the sofa


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I’ll never forget the time he decided to spray paint the kitchen walls … I’d left a basket of clean washing in there … fortunately there was a fairly substantial towel on the top of the basket which took the brunt of the paint but I could have killed him when I found out


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tumour on his stomach, but she decided not to accept the diagnosis of the


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I decided to give him a chance


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The phone rang and I decided to deal with Will later


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Once hostilities ceased, Dad went to visit Bob’s family – his own having been bombed out during the Blitz – and fell in love with Bob’s sister … by this time he had decided that he wanted to train as a teacher – there was a big demand for men to do that after the war, you know


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clothes and wait it out? He decided that he could not


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She was glad when Ava decided that was enough for one day and invited her to her place for dinner


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I decided to stand my ground

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We heard something in the bushes so we decided to go in and have a look


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He awoke early and decided to go for a run to wake himself up before breakfast at the hotel


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Since she knew the address, she decided to go play in one of Ava’s virtual rooms, one they’d recently spent time in together


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light fleece top that she had ultimately decided to bring along sat snugly over her


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in the gutters of the metropolis, he woke one morning and decided that the mountain


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They had pretty much decided that as soon as his place was ready, he would be brought back


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Smith, in the madness of endless conjecture, decided to stick a virtual pin into the


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One mind had decided to go back but couldn’t say why


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She nearly turned on the You again, but decided it wouldn’t do any good


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Jermaine hadn’t reacted to my use of his name so I decided to press it a little further

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He had long since decided to abandon all methods that purported to achieve anything, anywhere, at any time at all and he seemed to be getting along just fine


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‘I had a rough time of it when Emma was born and the end result was that, after several years of problems, they decided my best bet was a hysterectomy


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Having given the enemy a name I decided on a second step


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I was hopeless about the problems mentioned above, but this morning an unexpected solution came up: After years of moving houses, my sister has just decided to return here, at her own house, so that my mother can help her even more with raising her children


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And so I decided to die by my own means rather than theirs, and the tears started again


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This afternoon my sister and Antony finally decided to take a divorce by mutual consent, after ten years of misery and irresolution


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Creditors were furious, they even went so far as to knock on their door and the couple pretended to be absent! So, Alice finally got sick and tired of this all and decided to ask for a divorce


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He no longer paid any attention because he could see how little reason entered into the discussions and the council would not even listen to anything the remainder of the crew decided


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When he finally decided he couldn’t do any more at this stage from the bridge, he went to finalize the connections on the other end, outside


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Yesterday, at 2:00 am, I woke up with extra loud folk music in my ears! The duds across the street were having fun once again, right at that time, so I decided to call the police at once

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It was on one of Smiler’s shifts, when his indifferent fist slammed into my kidneys again, that I decided darkness was the only answer


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In spite of The Kid’s kindness I decided that the time had come when I had to stop the madness


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I decided to start the ball rolling


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Not knowing what else to do in order to improve my social life, I have decided to quit gyms and start taekwondo lessons at Nicky’s school, which is only a five-minute walk from my house


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In those few moments smoking my cigarettes I decided to ask my new friend, Robbie, some questions


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He decided not to drop to his virtual death, undoubtedly painful, right away


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decided on what your interests are then half the story is done


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So now that you have decided what is it that interests you in a person and what your


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In the end I decided that a basic sign was all that was needed


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By triangulating the times and apparent directions of our transfers, and using Menachem’s more detailed knowledge of the country, we decided that we must be somewhere to the west of London, probably the Thames Valley

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By piecing together this circumstantial evidence and combining it with a few scraps of intelligence that we gleaned during our interrogations, we also decided that we were currently the guests of Cruce Signati, who held sway along the Thames Valley corridor and down in the deep heart of the South West


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After that soul-racking experience, I decided to stay away from Offir for a long time


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But that resurrection is not obtained because God decided to give life at the end


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After many innocents had been slaughtered, we decided that we had to


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the only ones left, so we decided to live here in peace


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The light fleece top that she had ultimately decided to bring along sat snugly over her shoulders, not worn, as that would be too much admission of sensibility, but comforting nonetheless


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The food and, possibly, the company had perked him up; he looked a lot better now, Kara decided


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cute) I decided to give it a try


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Ten years after she died, nine years after he fled the village and soused himself in the gutters of the metropolis, he woke one morning and decided that the mountain overlooking his old home would be the best place for him


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We’ve decided which laws are applicable and which are to toss aside

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I intend to remain here at least until Iain’s future has been decided


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’ Iain said, ‘We’d tried to have a child of our own but after the third miscarriage, I decided we’d been through the mill sufficiently


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The cottage was a nice little house, she decided as she tidied up the curtains in the front room


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With so many competitors that they could turn to in nearly any market or industry that your business is in, they decided to follow your company


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dear sister-in-law and brother she had quickly decided to


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Following his last day at the office, he had made two further trips into town; one to ditch the last of the stuff he had decided he no longer needed and the second to sell his car and visit the book shop to buy the books Kara had selected from the website … as a sort of peace offering in recognition of how much it galled her to be constrained


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He drew a deep breath and decided he had to share this fear sooner or later, so why not get it over with


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It had been tacitly decided amongst the household that two of the rooms in the Hall would become Kara’s special preserve – her bed chamber and what had been Joris’s office


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Cosmicblasto had decided to work with the


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and decided to investigate

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With Thom’s observations about content addressability in her mind, she decided to investigate what happens if attention # was taken to be the stimulate/recall level


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I have decided judgement purely on the


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decided it was better to be at the pond


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This community had no weapons and decided not to defend themselves


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She decided to take him to the ‘town’, there he would be safe, there would be no one around and he could regain his strength faster


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“Ok” said Catwhiskers, “We have decided to learn some of your


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After combing and brushing the burrs out, she decided to bathe them


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I trusted him; when I decided that I don’t exactly know


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When a set amount has come to complete maturity, then it is decided that the end shall be upon us


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He could feel it and decided to diffuse the situation

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He washed up and decided to call it a night before things got out of control


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Ethereead decided to try out his present and took off again


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He could see that she was on the defensive, but decided to call her bluff anyway


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they had decided to lie-low for a while


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But Cosmicblasto and Catwhiskers decided that whilst one of


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After leaving Becky at the Hall, Kate decided to check on the rest of the camp


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decided to have one more trip to see Fred and Joe


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They decided to book time off at the same time


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So they decided that they would have the next


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So it was decided, Cosmicblasto and Catwhiskers would go upto

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Instead, Janet decides she’s going to take up the hobby of ironing more


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That decides it


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The sun is rare in Ireland and usually lifts the spirits when it decides to come out


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One ambles a little way towards us but decides we are not worth the effort while still several yards away and we make it to the gate without mishap


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out of control when one of the condemned men decides to resist the


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He doesn’t see the harm anymore, so he decides to soothe the beast that dwells in the pit of his gut, «Can I have that food now?» In moments, a steaming hot plate of fish and vegetables appear on the table, and Apollo doesn’t hesitate to gorging himself on the generous helpings


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He’s not sure how to answer, so he decides to counter her questioning, «Neither did you


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He decides to hold out as long as he can


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Before answering, he debates with himself, razor in hand, and decides he can’t be bothered


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’ Deris said, ducking behind Adamant quickly just in case Berndt decides to throw something else

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Anna decides that it would be sensible for her to move out as soon as they get back from honeymoon saying that they can probably camp with Jane and Peter for a few days if they have to


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‘Who decides how to cut this money?’ Ish said


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As he lands, he looks round as though trying to work out where Sam is but, not seeing the dog anywhere, decides to investigate what there may be to eat


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Fortunately for my sanity, he decides that it’s time we started back — we both have work tomorrow — we saunter back to the car, his arm comfortable round my waist


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Shelley then starts asking about the public transport … she hasn’t got a car and decides that it just would not be feasible to live out here and have to rely on two lots of buses to get her to the university over the other side of the town


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Then, with a moment of reflection, he decides that new clothes will be much better, much safer


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She thinks about joining Billy and Bex, but decides that she needs a moment to herself


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She listens to the silence outside – not the silence of a town, she decides eventually, but not the silence of the country either … what to call him … the dilemma plagues her


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Darren decides to make his move


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Where to start? He decides to deal with Dave first

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She decides that she needs sugar, so she breaks open a paper tube and adds its contents to her tea, something she has not done for nearly twenty years


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He thinks about giving the guy a kick in the nuts but decides that it wouldn’t be professional


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Once he is out of the cab in the fresh air, with the bustle of wire baskets under full strain all around him, he pays the driver and decides to walk back to the house


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He decides to back off


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Alex buys drinks all round, including a half for Ken, and then decides that orange juice is out of place


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She is, he decides, worth more than he thought


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“And Belle, what if he sees the wider world and decides Tahoe is just too small for him


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I’ll let you know what happens in the continuing saga and I really pray to God this is the last student, he decides to live in my house, and I start making some money as I really could use it


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He decides, like a true lover of all curious cultivation, in favour of the vineyard; and endeavours to shew, by a comparison of the profit and expense, that it was a most advantageous improvement


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do that; someone else decides there

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that learning is increased when a student decides what questions they


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Life is easy when the bully decides to give you


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He decides that something should be done to prevent others from having similar accidents


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THE CHIEF DECIDES THE BOY IS OLD ENOUGH TO GRASP THIS


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The assembly which deliberates and decides concerning the affairs of every part of the empire, in order to be properly informed, ought certainly to have representatives from every part of it


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Carol, waiting in line as twelve of her classmates practice for their flight on Apollo 18, has second thoughts about going on, but decides “What the heck


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And she decides that it is time


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“But who decides that? Who built this thing?” asked Mark


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What decides Roidon’s fate will not be to suit you or me, it will be for the benefit of this planet


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which it decides that you’re at risk of hurt-

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Tony is in the middle of contract negotiations and he decides to get out of town


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Tony or Lydia decide to break it off and she murders Tony for dumping her? Or, she decides she doesn’t want to move to Miami? And how does she know he’s arriving that night? He texts or calls her? She writes Alhamdulillah on the top of his car to throw off an investigation


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L Senior who decides what companies we use and business we take


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You haven’t been training for this since you were a child, have you? It’s not like someone turns ten and decides they want to be an assassin


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He does not ―interfere,‖ however, with Man‘s deliberate actions (or Acts of Will) unless He decides to do so


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It is however another matter when a wounded or not terrorist decides to keep silent when courteously asked to clarify where his mates were


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It troubled me greatly, but when a man decides to take up and AK47 and attack the country of his birth he should not be surprised when the police come after him


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Thus all investigators must report to the team leader who decides on the legal value of the investigation and be in charge of the case management aspect


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Military dictatorships tend to only give up power by being forced out, and they often still insist on both veto power over what the public decides in elections and immunity from being punished for their atrocities


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He confronts his wife and he decides to kill her by using her as a pin-cushion

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What is an oath? Isn’t it a claim that one will always do something or always think in a particular way? How can one honestly take an oath if one doesn’t know the future and doesn’t know if one will have the power to carry out what one has sworn to do? Isn’t taking an oath a sort of tyranny over one’s own mind, in the sense that it does not allow one to change one’s mind? What if Jefferson later decides that “eternal hostility” is not the best course of action to take? Should he break his oath and change his mind, or should he try to maintain a perma-nent state of mind and keep his oath? Isn’t it usually very difficult, if not impossible, to maintain one’s past state of mind, especially if one has new knowledge that makes it ridiculous to keep thinking in the same way?


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“You mean,” I continued, “that the guy who decides to knock off the local bank or break into a house to steal something doesn’t have complete free will?”


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new restrictions on economic growth and development, depending on what EPA decides


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During the fight, specially trained bulls lock horns until one decides to call it quits and runs away


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You’re still in prison every time you fill out a job application and the person on the other side of the desk sees the yes box checked for “Have You Ever Been Convicted Of A Felony?” and decides not to give you that 2nd chance


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This last day has something extra in addition to the day of rest, in which God sees his work; He decides it is already finished and there is a truce, and we read again that God made the earth and the heavens, neither more nor less


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• The stars, which at the time were recognized as gods, are clearly objects created by God; He decides how they move; and the purpose of their passage through the universe is helping men tell the time


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He is the mightiest, and he decides whether they have it good or bad


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Every piece of information she receives factors into her strategy, and she won’t tell me what time it is unless she decides that providing the information is more useful than withholding it


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It simply confirms yet again that man has now become his own “god”, works out his own salvation and decides for himself what is acceptable and what is not and stuff the bible

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To say that a person who received the truth about cremation and still decides to have him/herself cremated, will be revived as a believer and will be in heaven with Christ for ever is …… you guessed it – an:


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It is God and only God who decides


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That decides itself to test the Earth


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There is no one who judges, condemns, or elevates us to different realms, just as there is nobody who decides which mind states we are to experience in each moment


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But if you like him and he proves to not know enough then you can teach him what he needs to know so that if he decides to push you anyway into sex before either of you is truly ready to handle the possible consequences (which consequences are not always possible to control) then he either is a) incredibly selfish (which begs the question of why in the world would you have sex with him in the first place?) or b) incredibly considerate of your needs and ambitious to succeed in fulfilling your needs if he’s planning on making sure both of you have enough money during your married years to provide sufficiently for your family


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decides that she would like to purchase a condo


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He decides to


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Marques decides to earn his


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As someone has said, coincidence is when God acts, and decides to remain anony-


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But the Queen decides not to attend — now in the world of today, the men can no

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As someone has said, coincidence is when God acts, and decides to reain anony-


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As someone has said, coincidence is when God acts, and decides to


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it is You -who decides the way


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But once the Prison decides the soul should be tortured, he shall only have a few days and then he shall forever disappear


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What if he decides to come


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This understanding is our «common sense», which is the underlying theme that decides our path in life


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We use our common sense to subconsciously decide how we perceive right and wrong, and may also be the mechanism that decides how we pursue truth


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Was today that dreadful day that she decides this is too much to handle? That she doesn’t need this in her life? That she doesn’t need all the pain and sacrifices that comes with being with me?


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How can we defend ourselves against an invisible alien army, if we know nothing about them? Are we truly this helpless, when nature decides that our time is over?


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With his head touching mine, and arms around me, I feel at home until Zachary decides to wake me out of it

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Of course, since you said you two are not exclusive, if she decides she wants me back, I admit that would be the happiest day of my life,” Chan says


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He decides on leadership and He sustains it


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The arbitrators run the show, as was the case in the Soviet Union, where the Poliburo had absolute authority, and in Castro’s Cuba, where the Communist Party nomenclatura decides who gets what


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Toni decides to wear Prada jeans, Prada tee shirt, and a pair of Manolo Blahnik pumps


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“Trina, whatever TC decides to do with Janay, we need to respect his decision


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“As long as you remember that wealth is only one form of power, and it is your total power that decides the size of your marker, to continue the analogy


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job of the headline or the skill of the marketer that decides whether or not the mail gets


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If they get it, that decides it


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If someone else draws their own axe and steps up to challenge, the rest may stop and watch, and that decides it


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decides where to file things

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The power never truly passes through the battle wizard, and so the only limits on the spells he can cast with this method are the amount of power that can be safely spent by the support wizards without becoming depleted, and the skill of the psionics maintaining the Link, which decides how many support wizards can be Linked


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It happens when one decides to turn away from their faith for the sake of life convenience offered by the world and the darkness


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“And as for dominating the vote, you know as well as I that The Assembly of The Just Alliance is a body that decides by consensus, and not by a vote of the majority


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He decides to call


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He waits a while longer but then decides he is nothing but a mind-fool driven by childish dreams, and he is about to return to bed and, gods and stars willing, sleep when something deeper snags at the edges of his thought


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Everyone who decides to rehab a house has dreams of being the


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and that was the deciding


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’ I said starting to frown then deciding it hurts too much and relaxing my brow quickly


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I avoided giving her a definitive answer, so she asked me to phone her before deciding


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Deciding that, as it is my day off, I shall wear something different, I trawl through the wardrobe, digging out a flattering, mid-calf length woollen skirt in a pretty shade of deep blue that Nick hasn’t seen yet … with a pretty light blue top and my best gold necklace (a present from the school when I left) it would look smart and it would make me feel partyish


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be used as the deciding factor if you are thinking about a serious relationship


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Deciding that it would be sensible to get there and then get herself a cup of tea rather than hang around in town … there had to be a café in the station, didn’t there? And she’d picked a book off Iain’s bookshelves before leaving


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in papers for deciding that the grass


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I waived goodbye to them, deciding within a few seconds that I wasn’t going to be killed, as we drove towards the road leading out of the facility


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‘Yes, I think you’re right,’ she said when I had finished expounding my views on the subject, ‘Unfortunately, far too many parents opt out, saying that their children can make a decision regarding religious belief for themselves, but the problem as I see it is that, in order to make a decision, you need to know something about what you are deciding


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After deciding to be the guinea pig in the entanglement experiment, Ava’s first order of business when she got back to her own lab was to schedule that backup

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Deciding to teach her a lesson, Duncan leaned towards her and under the table ran his hand up her leg


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She knew, from her investigations of decades before, that the amount of time between deciding they needed a body that matched her self-image and the arrival of Tdeshi’s body at the Kassikan, was suspiciously short


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deciding to leave the matter until morning, when they’d


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Great work, Ghazali, deciding to turn off all the power today; you helped the Arcturus Corporation without even knowing it! Thanks for that,” Zeke said


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Deciding that he had earned a short break, he


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before deciding it was time to get the issue out in the open


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The ‘Village Players,’ the name used for them by the rest of the town to refer to the Village Theatrical Society membership, began deciding in earnest what their first production should be and when they should expect to offer performances


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while, before deciding that it was better to be evasive


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to gather her emotions before deciding to reply


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That was another section, she’d over looked, and who was going to be helping Jim? She hesitated only briefly before deciding none of them were old enough to do it

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My brain was still deciding whether it was in Collingston or


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the direction of the kitchen before deciding it was safe


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six men before him, deciding at last that he was satisfied


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before deciding that it was best to just come straight out


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deciding to do things different, but it literally means to change the way him


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«That’s where I was on the dawn of the week we met,» she said, «up on that mountain deciding to come here


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Deciding it was


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The marine decided to stop for the night and looked around for a likely spot, finally deciding on a fallen tree a little way off the beaten track


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The scroll said he’d consulted «the elders of Uruk» and «the men of the town» before deciding to war on King Agga of Kish


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maybe he wanted a good look at his child in the sunlight, before deciding what to do with

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Deciding at last to broach the subject, he asked in a gentle voice, “Helez, I saw you crying at the plain this morning


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Deciding against igniting a full scale war with the thief in the middle of the camp — despite how much she wanted to DRAFTChapter 16 389


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She may have looked thin and frail but the gun she had trained on Joss was the deciding factor


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deciding vote (usually by the chairman) when the votes are otherwise equal


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If there is a tie vote, the chairperson will often cast the deciding vote


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a deciding vote (usually by the chairman) when the votes are otherwise equal


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deciding exactly what it is that they desire to have (in


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But not being paid to the judges till the process was determined, they might be some incitement to the diligence of the court in examining and deciding it


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Perhaps observing him, deciding the fate of the last remaining b’tari


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From this we will then begin to draw some conclusions on deciding whether the Bible can be considered a candidate for supernatural design

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dane?” she asked, deciding silence would never solve the


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children after deciding he was gay and moved in with the beautiful


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be fucking his? Deciding all of this was too complicated for a


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Can we avoid the old mind-body dichotomy of Descartes? Are thoughts and memories no more than the electro-chemical interactions between cytoplasmic extrusions of the individual neurons of the cerebrum? And what are the physical processes in the brain that result from deciding to think about one subject rather than another? This entire subject remains something to think about, does it not?


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Once again, they’re choosing, not deciding, but they are


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up, deciding that midnight was too late to bother a new daddy, and that it could wait until tomorrow


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looked me over, then correctly deciding that I was no threat, gestured me inside


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They had asked for change for more than forty years before deciding that enough was enough and you really cannot blame them or their cause


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At the gate I made a great nuisance of myself by stopping everyone and checking their details in accordance to regulations before deciding whether or not to let them in


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Deciding that he wasn’t, Alex drunk a large glass of water and went back to bed

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The delegates came up with this list of questions they might ask themselves when deciding if or when


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After deciding on a time to meet, I had a refreshing shower, feeling as though I was washing all the horror of the previous evening away


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Getting to his feet, he looked around, deciding that he would leave this confusing wood


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Untying the chicken, I set it free, deciding that I’d be better off going down to the local shop for a frozen bird, while my nemesis took a couple of wobbly steps towards the gate, squawked once, keeled over and died from a heart attack


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Deciding that his best bet would be to dive into the canal and make his get away, he stumbled towards the bank


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Studying the purple garment with a critical eye, he shook his head and tossed it on the bed, deciding on a green one instead


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“And who were you in all of this? What were you doing in Nicaragua, in the middle of a civil war, reading reports and deciding someone is more useful if he’s cold and dangerous?”


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Martin Luther King almost endorsed Nixon before deciding it best not to endorse either man


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Deciding to play safe, Lyra explained about the scientist that had worked on Flat Rock Island and how she’d found the pen drive in the clothes trunk


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Theresa cooked the hare, deciding to save it for the evening meal

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Caroline took her time, considering dozens of schemes searching for the most wicked, before deciding to inform on him for drug trafficking


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Having taken all that into account, and after prolonged and thoughtful deliberation, the idea of barging in Novorski’s office could only be compared to a village of natives in the Amazon waking up one day, and deciding they were the rightful rulers of the entire world, before promptly setting out to conquer everyone else armed with sticks, spears, stones, and the occasional sharp tropical fruit, arguing amongst themselves that the one hiccup in their plan was whether or not their canoes would be able to provide the required logistics support, mainly mangoes and coke leaves


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“I told you he had a drinking problem,” I said and noticed Eileen was looking at Steve with a cold, hard measuring stare, as if deciding whether he should fillet him first or leave the bones on for that extra flavor before she boiled him


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She returned to her seat, deciding to allow another ten minutes


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The first real significant break came with the congregation of St George’s Tron in Glasgow deciding in 2012 to leave the Church of Scotland


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Her humor and spirit was the deciding factor when he had applied to her father for her hand; and she had a way of reminding him every day what a good choice it had been


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The usually voluble Nisaba remained silent, her expression seeming to sadden as Zoran continued on about the need for all to get plenty of rest before deciding which direction would be best for them to start out on in the new day


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of Thomas»s land, Stinger paused, deciding what to


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Stefan had taught in schools in Krakow and Warsaw before deciding to accept an appointment as a rural schoolmaster under the pre-war Polish government


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However, the odds of being the deciding vote—of your vote actually mattering—are miniscule, vanishingly small

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There is not something, which is a He sitting deciding over the souls judging them to eternal torment in an evil dimension


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I don’t remember deciding to punch her


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will have some trouble deciding to eat breakfast food for breakfast or wanting dessert as a meal


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She chose a different path, deciding to concentrate on waves and the way they moved


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They gave me the deciding voice on accepting the most difficult candidates for the school – for my own class


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goals, when deciding on project scope and roll-out sequence, when deciding where to


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with a truthful answer will be a deciding factor on how committed


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“It was a tough day at school yesterday, with several boys in my class deciding to misbehave


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I think the one called Christ was in on deciding where we go


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women deciding to have abortions has risen to an alarming rate from fear of giving birth

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It’s about deciding whether you should be deported


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While they were deciding the best way to proceed to his help, the impatient Ferrante decided to blunder ahead again against Percy, buoyed by the imminent arrival of the Holy League forces under Juan Francisco Gonzaga


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A formal way of making a comparison and deciding whether or not the difference is significant, based on statistical analysis


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Dining out more? Visiting with family and friends? Deciding what you want to do is the first step to finding the time to do it


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After deciding that he was probably going to be arrested when the police came, the drunken bum made his way to the rear of the bus and crawled out an open window


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The DR election’s deciding


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before deciding the insult was racially offensive:


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Visitors that land on your landing page will only spend a few seconds looking at your page before deciding to provide the information you have asked for or to click the “Back button”


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deciding what to grow


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When he fell silent, she could tell he was weighing his words, deciding how much he should tell her

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Preferring to be alone, she passed the path leading to the shelter, deciding instead to go to the boulder overlooking the upper pond


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would be in charge of deciding who could use their electricity and


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in charge of deciding which retiring Admirals EB could hire, what they


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After driving several miles on Old Colchester Road, the passenger changed her mind, deciding that she wanted, after all, to continue drinking with Heather, whose car was disabled


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Fortunately, a group of chattering children passing by saved him from deciding on a suitable response to


Synonym: determine, judge, resolve, settle. Antonym: hesitate, pause, waver. Similar words: decide on, decision, incident, by accident, side by side, acid, deck, declare. Meaning: [dɪ’saɪd]  v. 1. reach, make, or come to a decision about something 2. bring to an end; settle conclusively 3. cause to decide 4. influence or determine. 

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1. I shall decide for going abroad later.

2. Think it over carefully before u decide.

3. We have to decide what to do.

4. The judge will decide tomorrow.

5. They have to decide by next Friday.

6. I’m still unable to decide what to do.

7. Reckon the cost before you decide.

8. Decide to be happy every day.

9. We must decide what to do next.

10. The enemy must decide between surrender and starvation.

11. We want to decide our own fate.

12. The court will decide our fate / fates.

13. I’m unable to decide for myself.

14. I can’t decide what to wear.

15. They consulted long(http://Sentencedict.com)(sentencedict.com), but could not decide.

16. The commissioners had exclusive jurisdiction to decide.

17. You choose, I can’t decide.

18. It was difficult to decide between the two candidates.

19. I still can’t decide what to do.

20. It’s up to you to decide.

21. You are the one to decide.

22. Think twice before you decide.

23. The prime minister may decide to call an early election.

24. The team’s first task was to decide what equipment could be salvaged.

25. It is the Prime Minister’s prerogative to decide when to call an election.

26. Employers usually decide within five minutes whether someone is suitable for the job.

27. Decide what you want to do; don’t just imitate others.

28. They wait for the group to decide rather than making individual decisions.

29. She couldn’t decide whether he was telling the truth or not.

30. The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment,Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. 

More similar words: decide on, decision, incident, by accident, side by side, acid, deck, declare, decent, decade, decline, decorum, recipe, decorate, decrepit, decrease, precise, species, specify, special, deceptive, specific, especially, specialty, precisely, recipient, specialize, specialist, specifically, decaffeinated. 

Use Decide in a sentence. How to use the word Decide in a sentence? Sentence examples with the word Decide.

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Definition of Decide

  • reach a resolution in the mind as a result of consideration.

Examples of Decide in a sentence

  1. *** How do you decide whether to allow an exemption?
  2. *** We decided to go out to eat as we had no food at home.
  3. *** I thought that the purpose of the meeting was to decide what offer to accept.
  4. *** I still don’t know what to do, I haven’t decided yet.
  5. *** What did Donald decide to do?
  6. *** When I got low degree on the exam, I decided to work harder.
  7. *** The book is too boring so I decided to stop reading it.
  8. *** I was coughing a lot at nights so I decided to stop smoking.
  9. *** We didn’t decide where we will go for holiday this summer yet?
  10. *** There is two different job offers for me and I can not decide which one I will take.
  11. *** On the exam, I was not sure which one was the correct answer, so I decided to leave it empty.
  12. *** My brother decided to propose his girlfriend and now he is on the shopping for a ring.
  13. *** Which one are you going to buy? You better decide soon.
  14. *** I gained weight nowadays that’s way I decided to diet.
  15. *** I was planning my holiday for 2 weeks but I got ill and I decided to come back.
  16. *** If you decide early for your holiday location, we can buy cheap tickets.
  17. *** Decide what kind of future you envision for yourself.
  18. *** First we have to decide what we want from Raveling.
  19. *** The unarmed peacekeepers can not impose truces if the belligerents decide otherwise.
  20. *** Some owners still have to decide if they try to repair it.
  21. *** If you still can not decide: get a life.
  22. *** Donald said he would decide on wednesday the composition of the group.

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Sentence Examples

We can’t just decide it is.

Next time you decide to crash my planet, give me some warning.

If you decide that you’ll be fine without him, then even if things end up changing… you shouldn’t go to his side.

He’s the one who gets to decide whether to pull the plug or not? — Yep.

I’ll be right over here if either one of you guys decide to straighten up.

They decide to punish the terrestrials in an exemplary manner.

They decide without hesitation and in spite of the danger to descend into the interior of the great crater in which they disappear one-by-one whilst the snowstorm is still raging.

Find out what he wants, and we’ll decide how to… how to deal with him.

You’ll receive 300,000 francs dowry should you decide to marry.

«She must decide in favor of one of the two of us.»

His heart would beat for the people, would decide in its favour.

The Queen should decide herself.

I will decide the outcome of the war in a duel with Hector.

Its outcome will decide the war.

Let the tribunal decide the fate of this Greek.

After the treacherous death of Achilles, the Greeks decide to capture Troy with a trick.

decide quickly, oh Pharaoh if you do not want death to hang over you

It is for me to decide which gift is rarest.

I was just trying to decide what to do.

Georges could not decide to leave … the room adjoining… the bathroom, where Nana’s dresses gave off the voluptuous odor of perfume …

A group of obscure people meet to decide the fate of Russia.

Shouldn’t we let the judges decide that?

The thing you’ve got to decide, mr.

When I decide to go, I give fair warning.

Andy, he’s old enough to decide for himself.

Ace, I may decide to pull a rabbit out of that hat, so don’t look surprised.

they will decide about Napoleon.

Well, I’m gonna decide right now who it’s going to be.

That’s for Mother to decide.

I know, but I can’t decide.

As a matter of fact, I was trying to decide the color of Anne’s eyes.

Mr. Hornblower, you’d better decide that after hearing what it is. We shall be quite ready to repeat it in her presence, but… we want to do as little harm as possible… oh.

Three minutes to decide something as important as this?

Think before you decide, I tell you!

I will tell you that I have proposed again. I’ve been accepted, and we decide the wedding date tonight.

Jerry, why did you suddenly decide to visit me?

What’s your answer now, Bob? That’s something I’ll never have to decide.

Didn’t you decide to cut the connection between mother and child?

You’ve just got to decide what you want to do.

Oh, then I don’t have to decide what to do.

Of course you must decide.

#To stay or go I really can’t decide #

Bill Legendre and his wife might get together and decide that you’re merely a strange interlude.

That is, I hope Bill will decide to come along.

Why did you decide to leave with that barbarian who was killed by her?

Just till you decide what you want to do permanently.

It’s up to you to decide.

решать, решаться, принимать решение, рассудить, постановлять, вознамериваться

глагол

- решать, принимать решение

- решаться, принимать определённое решение; делать выбор

- положить конец сомнениям, колебаниям; заставлять, побуждать (кого-л.) принять решение; склонять к решению

that decided him — это положило конец его сомнениям, это заставило его решиться
That decides me! — Решено!
that decided him to depart — это заставило его решиться на отъезд

Мои примеры

Словосочетания

to decide / settle a case — вынести решение по делу  
to decide against smb. — выносить решение против кого-л.  
to decide for / in favour of smb. — выносить решение в пользу кого-л.  
to decide on smth. — выбрать что-л., сделать выбор в пользу чего-л.  
to decide unanimously — решать единогласно  
to decide the outcome of the game — решить исход матча  
to decide the difference — урегулировать разногласие, разрешить спор  
to decide / shape smb.’s destiny — решать чью-л. судьбу  
to decide / swing an election — успешно провести выборы, добиться успеха на выборах  
to decide / seal smb.’s fate — решать чью-л. судьбу  

Примеры с переводом

That decides me!

Решено!

You must decide for yourself.

Ты должен решить сам.

This is for you to decide.

Это вам решать.

She decided on the green hat.

Она выбрала зелёную шляпу.

It’s up to you to decide.

Решай сам.

One blow decided the fight.

Исход боя решил один удар.

If you decide to return the merchandise, you have 15 days.

У вас есть пятнадцать дней на случай, если вы примете решение вернуть купленный товар.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

How does one decide whether the economic costs of regulation will outweigh the economic benefits?

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Фразовые глаголы

Возможные однокоренные слова

decided  — решенный, решительный, определенный, бесспорный, окончательный
decidable  — разрешимый
decider  — решающая встреча, решающий забег, выбора решения, решающий блок
deciding  — решающий, определяющий, решение

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: decide
he/she/it: decides
ing ф. (present participle): deciding
2-я ф. (past tense): decided
3-я ф. (past participle): decided

Decide sentence examples. The sentences below are ordered by length from shorter and easier to longer and more complex. They use decide in a sentence, providing visitors a sentence for decide.

  • He must decide! (8)
  • And yet he must decide! (8)
  • But decide at once. (10)
  • She could not decide. (8)
  • To decide about death! (8)
  • We are unable to decide. (10)
  • That would decide everything. (10)
  • But I want your whole heart to decide. (10)
  • Mr. Stuart Rem might decide it for them. (10)
  • As for myself, you must give me time to decide. (8)
  • For herself it was so hard to finish or decide. (8)
  • You must decide quickly, to catch a boat train. (8)
  • The thing was easy to decide, hard to accomplish. (2)
  • The next moment, she felt, must decide her destiny. (5)
  • Her boat started in three days, and she must decide. (8)
  • You can have Peace with Honour, whatever you decide. (8)
  • I appeal to your judgement, and I must accept what you decide. (10)
  • On two occasions he had declined to let her be pressed to decide. (10)
  • But he must decide, fix on some course of action before he got home. (8)
  • Decide to be out of it, and come to Paris for some life for a month. (10)
  • You are in a position of one who is not allowed to decide by his feelings. (10)
  • Life surged to her with the thought, that she could decide and take her step. (10)
  • If that cruel letter were the last word, and she forced to decide between them! (8)
  • Let him do the best he can, and trust the editor to decide whether it will take. (9)
  • Whether its value is higher or lower than formerly it is not my office to decide. (12)
  • I know I must decide for myself, and of course I know that he has a very hard life. (8)
  • Then he is coming round slowly to Paris, where we are to meet and decide on plans. (14)
  • She was to do everything for herself, do and dare everything, decide upon everything. (10)
  • Can ecclesiastical casuists decide upon cases of conscience affecting men of the world? (10)
  • Would to heaven that I had lost the wager, had it only taken a little longer to decide it! (6)
  • Decide at the outset, that temper is fatal to policy: hold them with both hands in division. (10)
  • Why, in such a case, the shadow-nimbus of Force is needed to decide the sinking of the scale. (10)
  • We must decide something about Crossjay, and get the money for his crammer, if it is to be got. (10)
  • Why not break the excruciating faggot-bands, and escape, when you have only to decide to do it? (10)
  • But she was down the slanting aisle and out of the reeling door before he could decide what to do. (9)
  • If the title of idealist belonged to him, we will not immediately decide that it was opprobrious. (10)
  • Our Chief cannot be everywhere at once; so Medole undertakes to decide for him here in old Milan. (10)
  • How decide whether or no to take notice; to let him do his worst, or try and get into touch with him? (8)
  • She must send for the doctor; he would decide what was best, when he saw how Alan came through the day. (9)
  • I had to decide whether we took a hero or an author, which I soon learnt to do with capricious resolution. (10)
  • There she had stood by that bush of dark red roses; had stood to read and decide that Jon must know it all! (8)
  • She could have accused Vernon of a treacherous cunning for imposing it on her free will to decide her fate. (10)
  • Whether he will so far control this following as to decide the nature of the novel with us remains to be seen. (9)
  • On his way to the City, he had to decide whether he would go to the Bank, or take the train leading to Wrexby. (10)
  • On his way to the City, he had to decide whether he would go to the Bank, or take the train leading to Wrexby. (22)
  • It was to her not a matter for her will to decide upon, but simply a black door shut that nothing could displace. (10)
  • All that I can do now, however, is to put the case before the reader, and let him decide for himself how it should end. (9)
  • His depths were sounded, and he answered independently of his will, that he must be up to the heroical pitch to decide. (10)
  • I appreciated that he would feel that Mr. Melville would decide that I had not received proper care and would be angry. (21)
  • In the life together of these two there had, from the very start, been a queer understanding as to who should decide what. (8)
  • The next morning the ladies assembled again on the piazza to decide what should be done with the beautiful day before them. (9)
  • Their fate is decided for them, and they submit to it; whereas those who decide their fate are always rebelling against it. (9)
  • If it has not been made clear from the events and characters of the foregoing history which opinion is right, I am unable to decide. (9)
  • Westover had the forethought to decide that Miss Bessie should ask for Jeff if she wanted him, and this simplified matters very much. (9)
  • She had committed herself, perished as a maiden of society, and her parents, even the senseless mother, must see it and decide by it. (10)
  • I do not know whether the Spaniards themselves rank Valdes with Galdos or not, and I have no wish to decide upon their relative merits. (9)
  • Letters from the squire and my aunt Dorothy urged me to betake myself to Riversley, there finally to decide upon what my course should be. (10)
  • When Felix had read these words he remained absolutely still, holding that buff-colored paper before his face, trying to decide what he must do now. (8)
  • Close to her carriage two young gentlemen-cricketers were strolling, while Fallow field gained breath to decide which men to send in first to the wickets. (10)

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Definition of decide:

  • decide, de-sd’, v.t. to determine: to end: to settle: to resolve. | adjs. decid’able, capable of being decided; decid’ed, determined: clear, unmistakable: resolute. | adv. decid’edly. (0)

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verb (used with object), de·cid·ed, de·cid·ing.

to solve or conclude (a question, controversy, or struggle) by giving victory to one side: The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff.

to determine or settle (something in dispute or doubt): to decide an argument.

to bring (a person) to a decision; persuade or convince: The new evidence decided him.

verb (used without object), de·cid·ed, de·cid·ing.

to settle something in dispute or doubt: The judge decided in favor of the plaintiff.

to make a judgment or determine a preference; come to a conclusion.

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Origin of decide

1350–1400; Middle English deciden<Middle French decider<Latin dēcīdere literally, to cut off, equivalent to dē-de- + -cīdere (combining form of caedere to cut)

OTHER WORDS FROM decide

de·cid·er, nounpre·de·cide, verb (used with object), pre·de·cid·ed, pre·de·cid·ing.re·de·cide, verb, re·de·cid·ed, re·de·cid·ing.

Words nearby decide

deci-, deciare, decibar, decibel, decidable, decide, decided, decidedly, decider, deciding, decidua

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To decide is to settle something in dispute or doubt. How is it different from resolve and determine? Find out on Thesaurus.com.

Words related to decide

agree, choose, conclude, determine, elect, end, establish, resolve, rule, select, set, vote, adjudge, adjudicate, award, cinch, clinch, conjecture, decree, figure

How to use decide in a sentence

  • A famous example of decoupling occurred after golfer Tiger Woods’s sex scandal, Reed said, with some of his fans deciding they could separate “Tiger Woods the golfer and Tiger Woods the cheating husband.”

  • He had always been a midfielder, but at the Barcelona academy, coaches decided to try him at forward.

  • I have zero problem with Cuban initially deciding not to play the anthem at Mavericks games this season.

  • The Schneider Electric team decided it was time for a change.

  • It was deciding to step away from the team immediately afterward that was difficult.

  • Between 25 and 30, you’re trying to decide how much longer before you start growing a beard and calling yourself ‘Daddy.

  • Where the U.S. once depended on its own forces to determine who was military material, this time the Iraqis will decide.

  • At that point, the Library of Congress can once again decide to prohibit consumers from unlocking their cell phones.

  • People always have to perceive the problems before them, including many unexpected nuances, and decide how to handle them.

  • Washington cannot let others—whether in Pyongyang or Beijing or Moscow, or Tehran—decide what Americans read or watch.

  • Decide about it, ye that are learned in the ethnographic distinctions of our race—but heaven defend us from the Bourbonnaises!

  • How dare you decide in this cold-blooded way whether I am to be called—ah—Tosh—or—ah—Porker!

  • It was probably this opposition that made young Cargill decide that it would be really worth while to defy the legend.

  • An appeal has been made by them from the House of Commons to you, and it is for the country to decide the question at issue.

  • He must therefore decide at once either to continue his membership or withdraw.

British Dictionary definitions for decide


verb

(may take a clause or an infinitive as object; when intr, sometimes foll by on or about) to reach a decisiondecide what you want; he decided to go

(tr) to cause (a person) to reach a decisionthe weather decided me against going

(tr) to determine or settle (a contest or question)he decided his future plans

(tr) to influence decisively the outcome of (a contest or question)Borg’s stamina decided the match

(intr; foll by for or against) to pronounce a formal verdict

Word Origin for decide

C14: from Old French decider, from Latin dēcīdere, literally: to cut off, from caedere to cut

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