Sentence examples for looking decisive from inspiring English sources

Instead, he ended up looking decisive and principled to the public at a moment when those qualities were seen as lacking in both parties' leaders, said Mr. Coorey, the journalist.

Not because they were in any danger of missing their flights – as it turned out – but because, as the man would loudly declaim, not looking decisive in airports was something he could not abide.

It is a system in which it is safer to look "decisive", by making a botched decision on thin advice, than to be called a "ditherer".

And I guess I looked decisive.

His priority is to produce a conference which looks decisive on policy and has individual style.

Kneejerk blame may look decisive, but it destroys the flow of information.

Mr. Schröder has looked decisive, and Germans have responded with more than $130 million in personal donations for flood victims.

By taking military action our leaders will look decisive and powerful at a time that is useful to them, and for a while we will feel in control.

Only a few days later did he turn up on the Saxon dykes.Walking on water?Mr Schröder has looked decisive as well as sympathetic.

The reboot is intended to make him look decisive and put the policy debate back under some semblance of government control.

While a penalty against a post on the hour mark felt like it might have been costly, another through the middle on 68 minutes looked decisive.