How to Use decisive in a Sentence

decisive

adjective

• The fight ended with a decisive blow.
• The meeting is seen as a decisive step toward a peace treaty.
• The poverty of his childhood played a decisive role in his adult life.
• I stood there wondering what to do, but my sister was more decisive and immediately went to the phone.
• You must be decisive and persistent to succeed in this competitive field.
• Mullins scored the decisive run on the play, as the Orioles won, 7-6.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
• The loss of the bridge may prove decisive on that second score.
  — New York Times, 14 June 2022
• In a battle of big men, a point guard made the decisive play.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Feb. 2023
• The next few years will be decisive, Vagneur-Jones said.
  — Sara Schonhardt, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2023
• So, the decisive factor will be how well a show is made.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2024
• The Brewers’ five-run eighth served as the decisive blow.
  — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2024
• The Sooners pushed a run across in the ninth and held on for an 8-7 win to extend the streak and avoid a third and decisive game with the Tigers.
  — USA TODAY, 7 June 2023
• The Aries moon squares off with Mars today, putting you in decisive space.
  — USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
• The Oscars come too late to be a decisive factor, but were a nice bonus.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
• In the past, of course, the United States played a decisive role in Guatemalan history.
  — Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2023
• In a world that borders on sci-fi, Horowitz is a decisive guide.
  — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 26 June 2024
• Pierre was credited with the decisive blow of the game on her ninth and final kill.
  — Aj Traub, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
• The vote was decisive, the papers say — which is, to use the 21st-century term, fake news.
  — al, 5 Dec. 2022
• The Terps forced six turnovers during the decisive stretch and the Badgers hit just one of seven shots.
  — Jim Hoehn, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2025
• The Bucks pulled ahead by as much as 20 points late in the fourth quarter to record the decisive victory.
  — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2024
• Against the Astros in the fall classic, Swanson hit two home runs, in game four and the decisive game six.
  — Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
• Even if true, the Rangers still have the goalie advantage, which can be decisive in the N.H.L. playoffs.
  — New York Times, 29 May 2022
• This album feels like a very decisive move away from that.
  — Vulture, 14 July 2023
• The play surprised no one, contributing to the decisive turnover.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2023
• But even three seats could be decisive in a close election.
  — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2022
• The high cost of living has played a decisive factor, too.
  — Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 13 June 2022
• But its plan to join the fray isn’t as decisive as Washington’s.
  — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2023
• While the songwriter only lived in the Twin Cities for one year, his days there were decisive.
  — Leo Deluca, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2023
• After the court of public opinion gave him a decisive win in his spring rap feud with Drake, a Super Bowl halftime performance days away and an upcoming tour, Lamar is on a dominant winning streak.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
• Despite a slight early dip in decisive goal contributions, Williams continues to wreak havoc down the left flank with his appetite for direct dribbling and one-on-one duels.
  — The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 22 Feb 2025