Sentence examples for show a decided from inspiring English sources

Many of these objects show a decided originality in the development of the animal style.

Two wars are being fought in its name, although polls show a decided majority of New Yorkers oppose the larger of those conflicts.

He even began to show a decided preference for his mother's surname, and more often than not he signed his works P.R. Picasso; by late 1901 he had dropped the Ruiz altogether.

For example, requisitions for the 19th Alabama Infantry throughout 1863 and early 1864 show a decided preference for hats, whereas those for the 17th Mississippi Infantry for the same period record only caps being received.

"He is a humble man who has shown a decided focus on the soldier".

Indeed, he has shown a decided inclination toward the national pastime.

Bringing an item like this to a dinner party shows a decided lack of breeding and manners.

Their summary table published in Science magazine last month, showing a decided advantage for the fly, caused no little offense in the worm community.

He wrote to his fellow Republican William Rehnquist (now the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) that "Dick has shown a decided tendency to drift far to the left".

After lengthy briefings on the pros and cons of a long list of potential municipal projects, the electors showed a decided preference for environmental works, including sewage treatment plants and public parks.

The programs in the orchestra's new-music chamber series, "Contact!," have shown a decided devotion to the current gods of high European modernism, such as Boulez and Magnus Lindberg, who was the orchestra's composer-in-residence from 2009 to 2012.