Sentence examples for resolutely set from inspiring English sources

Against that pernicious doctrine this Court should resolutely set its face". Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438, 485, 48 S.Ct.

A couple whose son has probably been killed in a bombing test resolutely set off at sea to search for him.

Alas, since its inception in the 1950s, the European project has been hostage to the competing views of governments all resolutely set on advancing national interests at the expense of their partners.

My companion and I resolutely set out at 8 30 on a Tuesday night for tapas, move next for a drink at one of the many outdoor cafes where Barcelonans spend hours afternoons, evenings and even mornings, where a quick brandy at 10 A.M. does not count as a sign of dissoluteness -- for some it's an important rite.

Andrea Arnold, the British realist who directed this new Wuthering Heights, won major prizes at Cannes for her first two feature films, Red Road and Fish Tank, both resolutely set on run-down housing estates in present-day Britain – Glasgow in the first case, the eastern fringe of London in the second.

Miller continues, "No matter their greatness, or how resolutely they set out to fulfill their destinies, or the daunting challenges they have surmounted, their triumphs will tempt vile enemies to try to assassinate them, enemies who will sometimes succeed".

Mr. Shaw explains why, even with the improvisation of hand-lettered advisories and the technology of light-emitting diodes, "the vast majority of signs in the subway system will remain resolutely static, set in Helvetica Medium in white on black and fabricated from tin plate or porcelain enamel.

What the White House doesn't highlight are states that haven't bought in — those that have resolutely resisted setting up an exchange.

It looks resolutely ahead, setting the agenda not only for Stravinsky's raucous and seminal "Rite of Spring" two years later but for much of the music to follow in a century avid for novelty.

Thus it's no surprise that Ted Cruz is the current face of the Tea Party: All his achievements are proudly in the negative, all his goals are set resolutely in the past.

That consciousness informs the making of the film, which as a result takes on the tone of history in the making, and becomes a quasi-official work in itself — a resolutely public set of images about the making of public images.