Sentence examples for decidedly independent from inspiring English sources

Bypassing the starry entertainments of Bollywood — and Tollywood, Kollywood and Mollywood — the festival offers documentaries and features with a decidedly independent spirit.

"It's clear that Kelly Clarkson has a decidedly independent streak, to say the least, and often speaks in public before she realizes the implications of what she's saying," Mr. Davis wrote in the book.

The letter recited a now-familiar lament that the air traffic system must be improved, but took a decidedly independent cut at what short-term measures could be used to alleviate congestion, which all parties agreed was costing the local economy.

Looking ahead, her hopes are decidedly modest: "To be as independent as I can be, so I'm not a burden and can be of help to others," she said.

As have, for the most part, the less sophisticated non NYT /WSJ readers, aka the great unwashed on the right or the so-called independents that lean decidedly left.

Obviously, on these — and just about all other foreign policy questions — Senator McCain and his Democratic opponent will be confronted with the daunting task of appealing not only to their bases, but also to independents, who have decidedly different opinions about these issues.

Assuming that our chances of winning against the dealer were independent (which they are decidedly not in blackjack), what were my chances of progressing to the next round?

(These are the other type of strip club — decidedly non-union — where women are usually not employees, but independent contractors, paying stage fees each shift to dance).

Since Mr. Wang relinquished his chairmanship, Mr. Kumar has sought to position Computer Associates as a paragon of Sarbanes-Oxley-era corporate rectitude: governed by no-nonsense independent directors, easy to do business with, and decidedly open to investor suggestions.

That Bassnectar has made the place so decidedly his own speaks not only to his gargantuan (and fiercely independent) reach as a musician, but also to the depth of the community surrounding his music.

Most of the deals it helps broker are decidedly smaller in scale, involving the filming of television commercials, videos or independent films.