Sentence examples for determination as if from inspiring English sources

The Cubs' pitcher, 25-year-old Kerry Wood, took the mound with determination, as if to say, "Not so fast, old-timer".

But many passengers today boarded their flights with a clenched jaw and determination, as if daring a suicide hijacker to try again.

The sentence was full of determination, as if she had made the decision to be open with me, to speak to me as an adult.

It's one of the most eloquent faces in sports: a combination of wounded anger and determination, as if he has exactly forty-eight minutes to avenge a lifetime of injustices.

Whereas others shop in a desperate delirium akin to sugar shock, or soldier on with humorless determination as if the species depended on their ability to come up with the perfect, white spread-collar shirt, I focus in on the goods at hand.

Though the final result remained lopsided in favor of the Dolphins, Holy Family came out in the third quarter with renewed determination as if the game were just tipping off.

That showed determination as well as punching power.

The Democratic majority, he said, would "make a determination as to which, if any, of those items have any credibility".

"Once we have all the facts, we'll make a determination as to what, if anything, we're going to do," John Mara, the Giants' president and a co-owner, said during a grim huddle with reporters before the game.

He said he would "review our options and make a determination as to what, if anything, happens next," adding that "at best," the votes would mean a long delay in breaking ground on land his family has owned since the mid-1950's.

For Netanyahu's defenders, the answer is self-evident: to criticize his version of the Jewish state verges on anti-Semitism, because it amounts to criticism of "Jewish self-determination"—as if Jews naturally combine into a self whose fate is determined by Israel's Prime Minister.