How to Use determined in a Sentence

determined

adjective

• We are making a determined effort to correct our mistakes.
• In the hours and days after Christy's death, Jan was determined to get to the truth.
  — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2023
• The cause of the fire was determined to be lightning, while tall grass and brush fueled the spread of the fire.
  — Vivian Barrett, The Arizona Republic, 1 Aug. 2024
• Now Wood was determined to meld the mission of truth-telling with the joy of joke-telling.
  — Wesley Lowery, Washington Post, 1 May 2023
• That statement read like the words of a man determined to finish the tour.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2024
• Why not then make a determined effort to rid the country and the world of the monster?
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
• Some of the remains were determined to be those of a man, police said.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
• Bogdanovich was determined to do the scene with no cuts.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2023
• But by 2022, the five-member board was determined to act.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
• Across the street from the parking lot is Inkwells, a steep and rocky part of the creek where determined fish jump their way upstream.
  — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2023
• The note sounded determined the key in which the song would be performed; thus, the term keynote.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
• After the Rangers fell to Shrewsbury, 2-1, in a league contest on Monday, the team was determined to stay strong and find the back of the net.
  — Julia Yohe, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2023
• Along the way, hordes disembarked, with the determined, brisk gait of those with somewhere to be.
  — Victoria Kim Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• Farley, on the other hand, is determined to stay close to his roots.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 June 2023
• Wayne was determined to go his own way, in his bedroom, in his own house.
  — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• The only thing the right wing seems determined to put in everyone’s arms is a weapon.
  — Ana Marie Cox, The New Republic, 14 Sep. 2023
• Others are determined to feed and care for them amid death threats.
  — The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
• The strong flavor will often be enough to deter even the most determined poop-eaters.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2023
• The bobcat stared out at me, her visage grim and determined.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
• Even if new homes grow right to the edge of her farm, Garcia is determined to make sure the fireflies in her fields survive.
  — Julia Lyon, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
• But Harris is determined to make sure the public knows about the story.
  — Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Oct. 2024
• More remains were found Oct. 19 and were determined to be those of the same person, the coroner's office said.
  — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2023
• Yet both are determined to contribute to the war effort and start their lives afresh.
  — Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2023
• Her neck was cut, which was determined to be her primary cause of death.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 21 July 2024
• At the courthouse Thursday, they were determined to be heard.
  — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• One person, identified as a man, was determined to be dead at the scene.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
• But first-year coach Alex Butler is determined to grow the program.
  — Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2023
• Two years later, she was fired — a blow that might have stopped a less determined person.
  — Robert Bianco, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2022
• Analysis: Alito is determined to tear up precedent in Trump’s next term.
  — Daniel Wine, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
• And Powell made clear that the Fed is determined to maintain its statutory independence from Congress and the Presidency.
  — Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024