How to Use determined in a Sentence

determined

adjective

• We are making a determined effort to correct our mistakes.
• In the hours and days after Christy's death, Jan was determined to get to the truth.
  — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2023
• The cause of the fire was determined to be lightning, while tall grass and brush fueled the spread of the fire.
  — Vivian Barrett, The Arizona Republic, 1 Aug. 2024
• As the two bond, Walter is determined to find out the truth.
  — Alex Ritman, Variety, 7 May 2025
• Now Wood was determined to meld the mission of truth-telling with the joy of joke-telling.
  — Wesley Lowery, Washington Post, 1 May 2023
• That statement read like the words of a man determined to finish the tour.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2024
• But Jasmine was determined to have Stacey join in on the fun.
  — Abigail Adams, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025
• Why not then make a determined effort to rid the country and the world of the monster?
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
• Some of the remains were determined to be those of a man, police said.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
• People around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2022
• The girls team features a senior-heavy group that is determined to make the most of their last ride.
  — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2022
• Bogdanovich was determined to do the scene with no cuts.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2023
• But by 2022, the five-member board was determined to act.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
• Across the street from the parking lot is Inkwells, a steep and rocky part of the creek where determined fish jump their way upstream.
  — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2023
• The note sounded determined the key in which the song would be performed; thus, the term keynote.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
• Even so, founder Kevin Lyman was determined to keep the old Warped Tour ethos alive.
  — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
• Those who stayed are resilient and determined to stick it out in the White Mountains.
  — AZCentral.com, 22 June 2022
• Shrodes was determined to get answers about her dad – and answered his prayers in the process.
  — David Begnaud, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2022
• After the Rangers fell to Shrewsbury, 2-1, in a league contest on Monday, the team was determined to stay strong and find the back of the net.
  — Julia Yohe, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2023
• Along the way, hordes disembarked, with the determined, brisk gait of those with somewhere to be.
  — Victoria Kim Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• But the guard has pushed through and is determined to help Phoenix make a last-ditch effort for a playoff run.
  — William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
• The determined mother had been talking to a stranger via group chat for an art project.
  — Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
• Farley, on the other hand, is determined to stay close to his roots.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 June 2023
• Wayne was determined to go his own way, in his bedroom, in his own house.
  — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• The only thing the right wing seems determined to put in everyone’s arms is a weapon.
  — Ana Marie Cox, The New Republic, 14 Sep. 2023
• And what can drive us forward in a world that is full of people who seem determined to bring it to an end?
  — ABC News, 13 Sep. 2022
• The coin flip before overtime determined which team would get the ball.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
• Others are determined to feed and care for them amid death threats.
  — The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
• The president is determined to get something done here.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 20 May 2025
• The conservative view Many conservatives are determined to repeal or at least delay and dilute most of the clean energy breaks.
  — David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2025