Sentence examples for righteous determination from inspiring English sources
Giddings writes of this turning point: "Throughout the remainder of her life, she struggled to turn the negative emotions of abandonment into a righteous determination to reform herself and the society that had forsaken her race".
Delphine, whose passivity mutates into a steely, almost self-righteous determination, is driven by her own hunger for experience.
On a recent wander around the National Portrait Gallery, I came face to face with Henry VII's air of calculating shrewdness, his granddaughter Elizabeth I's haughtiness and Oliver Cromwell's self-righteous determination.
That zeal has been inspired by examples on this island: by the tireless compassion of Lord Shaftesbury, the righteous courage of Wilberforce, and the firm determination of the Royal Navy over the decades to fight and end the trade in slaves.
Jack has given up drinking with teeth-gritting determination and channels the subsequent pain and rage into righteous self-mortification.
Clinton's egregious act of self-indulgence was outdone by an impeachment based not on constitutionally required high crimes and misdemeanors but on a vindictive determination to bring down a president who had offended self-righteous moralists eager to put a different political agenda in place.
However, with determination, lots of research, and daring reporting, it's possible to make a documentary that sparks righteous anger in the audience.
Or bold, righteous revolutionaries?
