Sentence examples for almost determinedly from inspiring English sources

Visually drab and spare, the piece is almost determinedly uningratiating, the exact opposite of the decorative, craftsy, eager-to-entertain installations we've seen a lot in the last few years.

But despite first impressions they didn't seem to actually be worker bees, since they almost determinedly refrained from directly assisting we few who were trying to access the sweet deliciousness of their books.

Russia is producing today's most determinedly conspicuous consumers.

She has campaigned determinedly, securing almost double the 10,000 signatures from members of the public needed to run.

What emerges is an economic program that is cautious almost to a fault, yet determinedly progressive in its general thrust.

In the Senate, where her colleagues included many of her husband's fiercest critics, she has determinedly worked with almost every Republican on legislation.

Instead it showed a rich variety of intention and approach, from technically sophisticated to almost dance-free, intensely personal to determinedly neutral.

Our narrator is a novelist (her personal details are kept so determinedly hazy that it feels almost embarrassing when, late in the book, someone suddenly uses her name) who is flying to Athens to teach a summer writing course.

A final suggestion: Italian food buffs on your list may welcome a mini-encyclopedia that turns out to be almost an anti-encyclopedia: Gillian Riley's determinedly personal, quirky, wide-ranging The Oxford Companion to Italian Food (Oxford University Press, $35).

But for the most part the administration remained determinedly upbeat.

There is something determinedly old school about Latchman.