IRRESOLUTE in a Sentence

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1. Holmes paused irresolute, and then he glanced back at the road which he had just traversed.
2. He wandered on again, irresolute and undecided, and oppressed with the fear of another solitary night.
3. And irresolute princes, to avoid present dangers, generally follow the neutral path, and are generally ruined.

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 Meanings and Examples of IRRESOLUTE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
irresolute
 a.  uncertain how to act or proceed; undecided; lacking in resolution
Classic Sentence: (48 in 4 pages)
1  He stood a moment most irresolute; then, stepping forward, took her palfrey by the rein, and bent his knee before her.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII.
2  Standing, then in an irresolute attitude for a few minutes, as if he did not well know how to employ himself, he turned round and looked at Oliver, and called him by his name.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
3  She had loitered for a few paces as though irresolute, and making up her mind to advance; but the sound determined her, and she stepped into the hall.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
4  He wandered on again, irresolute and undecided, and oppressed with the fear of another solitary night.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
5  He saw her too; yet he looked grave, and seemed irresolute, and only by very slow degrees came at last near enough to speak to her.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
6  He joined them; but, as if irresolute whether to join or to pass on, said nothing, only looked.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
7  Finally Stapleton turned upon his heel and beckoned in a peremptory way to his sister, who, after an irresolute glance at Sir Henry, walked off by the side of her brother.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ...
8  Holmes paused irresolute, and then he glanced back at the road which he had just traversed.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
9  She stood in the hall, irresolute, frightened, and the glaring light of the fire in the sitting room threw tall dim shadows on the walls about her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXI
10  Clouds hewn of ponderous timber weighing down on the earth; an irresolute dropping of snow specks upon the trampled wastes.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
11  He stood irresolute, making some excuse about his mother who expected him; he even muttered something about an engagement.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXIII
12  I knew that every minute was precious to me, yet I remained irresolute in what manner to commence the interview, when the old man addressed me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
13  When I came to you last week and found you alone, I came determined to know the truth; though irresolute what to do when it WAS known.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
14  And irresolute princes, to avoid present dangers, generally follow the neutral path, and are generally ruined.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI — HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS T...
15  A shabby, well-built Negro he is, unlucky and irresolute.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VII
Example Sentence:
1  Once you have made your decision, don't waver; a leader should never appear irresolute.
2  Instead of defending traditional values, the church frequently seems weak-kneed and irresolute.