How to Use decisive in a Sentence

decisive

adjective

• The fight ended with a decisive blow.
• The meeting is seen as a decisive step toward a peace treaty.
• The poverty of his childhood played a decisive role in his adult life.
• I stood there wondering what to do, but my sister was more decisive and immediately went to the phone.
• You must be decisive and persistent to succeed in this competitive field.
• The Cowboys sped up the tempo with some no-huddle offense and were decisive at the line of scrimmage.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2022
• With this sort of technical setup, the best approach is to wait for a decisive breakout in either direction.
  — David Keller, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
• This compares with other forecasts for about 4%, in a decisive break with a longtime practice of capping it at 3% in the past.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 13 Dec. 2024
• Thanks to his bold and decisive action, the Yara Birkeland is now a reality and undergoing two years of testing.
  — Clarke Murphy, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2022
• Desmond appeals to Corrino to be a more decisive leader, but that naturally involves making Desmond the tip of the sword.
  — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2024
• Auburn football has been set back years by the hiring of Harsin, and decisive action needs to be taken immediately to stop the hemorrhaging.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 17 Sep. 2022
• That pattern may not repeat in November -- a shift that, given Abrams' close defeat in 2018, could be decisive.
  — Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2022
• Existentialism begets escapism, and in moments of uncertainty a skinny brow is decisive.
  — Jancee Dunn, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2022
• Mullins scored the decisive run on the play, as the Orioles won, 7-6.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
• In a battle of big men, a point guard made the decisive play.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Feb. 2023
• The next few years will be decisive, Vagneur-Jones said.
  — Sara Schonhardt, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2023
• So, the decisive factor will be how well a show is made.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2024
• The Brewers’ five-run eighth served as the decisive blow.
  — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2024
• The Sooners pushed a run across in the ninth and held on for an 8-7 win to extend the streak and avoid a third and decisive game with the Tigers.
  — USA TODAY, 7 June 2023
• The Aries moon squares off with Mars today, putting you in decisive space.
  — USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
• The Oscars come too late to be a decisive factor, but were a nice bonus.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
• In the past, of course, the United States played a decisive role in Guatemalan history.
  — Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2023
• In a world that borders on sci-fi, Horowitz is a decisive guide.
  — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 26 June 2024
• Pierre was credited with the decisive blow of the game on her ninth and final kill.
  — Aj Traub, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
• The vote was decisive, the papers say — which is, to use the 21st-century term, fake news.
  — al, 5 Dec. 2022
• Against the Astros in the fall classic, Swanson hit two home runs, in game four and the decisive game six.
  — Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
• This album feels like a very decisive move away from that.
  — Vulture, 14 July 2023
• The play surprised no one, contributing to the decisive turnover.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2023
• But even three seats could be decisive in a close election.
  — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2022
• But its plan to join the fray isn’t as decisive as Washington’s.
  — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 30 Dec 2024