How to Use determination in a Sentence

determination

noun

• What he lacked in talent he made up for in determination.
• The new instruments allow for more precise determination of the size of the tumor.
• The document will be used for determination of ownership.
• Your determination will be the key to staying ahead of the curve.
  — Arush Chandna, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
• That determination had not been made at the time he was killed.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2024
• A lot of people can learn a lot of things from them -- the grit, the resiliency, the determination.
  — Mike Rodak | [e-mail], al, 26 May 2023
• Lessons about determination, teamwork, trust, and the ins-and-outs and ups-and-downs of climbing.
  — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2024
• How to Buy a Home With careful research and determination, the keys to that dream house can be yours.
  — Michael Kolomatsky, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• The policy leaves it up to the drafter to make that determination.
  — Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023
• That’s the determination to stay alive no matter what is thrown at you.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
• Kramm said the case could not have been solved without the dogged determination of Seward.
  — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2023
• Dan doesn’t have the size Cole had, but what Dan makes up for is his drive and determination to keep on improving.
  — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2023
• But there will come a point where our voices are so loud and our determination so clear that we can no longer be stopped.
  — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 24 May 2023
• Many of you knew him by his alias ‘Lotto, ox,’ a name that echoed his resilience and determination.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2023
• At that point, the party would have to make a determination on a new candidate.
  — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2024
• That explains the raw passion, and the iron determination to prevail, on both sides.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2023
• But, with determination and heart as big as his fists, Ma is able to rally his team, round up the bandits and break plenty of heads along the way.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
• From that void emerged Mrs. Foley’s faith and her determination to bring her son home.
  — Jasper Davidoff, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2024
• Her sharp blue gaze and determination to do what was right at a time when others looked the other way sets the series’ tone from the pilot through the finale.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Apr. 2023
• With tears in her eyes, Fire expressed her determination to the cameras.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2023
• That has led to a mixed record of sorts on a range of such disputes, and the justices often employ a default case-by-case determination.
  — Shannon Bream, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2023
• The hard work and determination all paid off, and at 17-years-old Sylvester landed his first sponsorship.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 16 May 2024
• Mack’s determination to be his own man on the mic led to tension between him and Combs, who wanted to get his God on and mold Mack in his own image.
  — Craig Lindsey, VIBE.com, 20 Sep. 2024
• The Fish and Wildlife Service put off its decision and has yet to reach a final determination.
  — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2023
• Based on a fuzzy determination of fault, the ring will be awarded to the party seemingly not at fault or perhaps least at fault.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
• Bode Aujla speaks with a lot of determination but has a soft voice and quiet demeanor.
  — Marisa Meltzer, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2022
• But the deadline for that determination is January 19th, which is one day before Trump is set to be sworn in.
  — Alex Heath, The Verge, 27 Dec. 2024
• This recipe is proof that, with a little determination, any dish can be turned into a one-tray classic.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
• There was decomposition, which led police to the determination that the body had been there for a while.
  — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 May 2024
• But the tribunal was not counting on the determination of Kaechele, who swiftly appealed its decision in the supreme court.
  — Elizabeth Fortescue, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Jan 2025