How to Use resolve in a Sentence

resolve

1 of 2 verb
  • He resolved that he would start dating again.
  • She resolved to quit smoking.
  • The issue of the book's authorship was never resolved.
  • The committee resolved to override the veto.
  • They haven't been able to resolve their differences.
  • His speech did nothing to resolve doubts about the company's future.
  • The brothers finally resolved their conflict.
  • And the team can help guide on how to resolve.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • That rarely resolves to a six-month search for a full-time hire.
    — Sue Mysko, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • His lawyers had warned him that the case could take a decade in all to resolve.
    — New York Times, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The suit has yet to be fully resolved.
    — Joe Toscano, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • Oppo is here to resolve this pain point.
    — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Now, both sides say the matter has been resolved.
    — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Its people are awake to its needs, and are resolved to meet them.
    — Roger Showley, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Apr. 2018
  • The complaint has not yet been resolved.
    — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
  • How these challenges might be resolved isn’t clear.
    — Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But length alone doesn’t resolve the challenge.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
  • It was resolved within an hour.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The lawsuit has not been resolved.
    — Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Nix’s loss is a big one, no matter how resolved the rest of the group is.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
  • No problem was so tricky that it couldn’t be resolved in a half-hour time slot.
    — Jeff Lipsky, HWD, 14 June 2018
  • Raise a toast to the end, and resolve to let time do its magic, to heal this loss.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 30 Dec. 2020
  • At least one big mystery seems to be on the verge of being resolved.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Each woman artist needs to resolve this conflict in her own way.
    — Antonia Hitchens, WSJ, 4 May 2021
  • How rapidly the conflict will be resolved is not yet clear.
    — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • The stop lasted for a few hours and was quickly resolved.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The worst case would be if the budget impasse can't be resolved.
    — Suzanne Baker, Naperville Sun, 3 June 2017
  • And that helped to resolve that weird uneasy tension in my head.
    — Maria Reva september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • What was slower to resolve was the vulva pain.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Rather, resolve to be fully awake and alive inside that mess.
    — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2023

resolve

2 of 2 noun
  • His comments were intended to weaken her resolve but they only served to strengthen it.
  • Putin will test this new resolve.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
  • That resolve will face some tough tests over the next year or so.
    — Gwynn Guilford, Quartz, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Our challenges are great, but so is our resolve.
    — Howard Hepburn, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Does the west have the resolve to stand up to Putin right now?
    — NBC News, 1 Apr. 2018
  • The flight deepened her resolve to bring space down to earth.
    — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The new year calls for resolve, not retreat.
    — Vanessa Joseph, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The coach added that he was impressed by his team’s resolve.
    — Joe Davidosn, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Peace is best preserved through strength and resolve.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Will Reilly stick to his resolve and stay out of it?
    — ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026
  • But Jean’s eyes had grown rigid in her skull as the chill of resolve took hold.
    — Hannah Gold, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
  • Her resolve was a reminder of how things could be so much worse, a slap in the face.
    — Josh Dean, Esquire, 15 Feb. 2017
  • This same moral resolve inspires the fare in Brawler.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
  • One trusts it will be replaced by some of that resolve and resilience.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But this team sees its sturdy resolve as one of its biggest strengths.
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2022
  • But Hamas has been careful to stress its resolve to keep up the fight.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2021
  • My resolve soon began to slacken as burnout licked at the edges of my will.
    — Kyle Meyaard-Schaap, CNN, 30 Apr. 2021
  • But even as the emotion is raw, the resolve to move forward is strong.
    — NBC News, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Gore said the same kind of resolve is needed for the climate change cause.
    — Mike Cason, AL.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • But those years of enslavement brought him to a greater resolve.
    — Brenda Yenke, cleveland.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Each side in the strikes is looking for cracks in the other’s resolve.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • As time has worn on, his mother’s resolve has only grown.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
  • But as the contest drags on, his resolve starts to crumble.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
  • That just strengthened her resolve.
    — Brianna Mantaras, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
  • But that doesn’t mean her resolve isn’t tested in other ways.
    — Danielle Turchiano, Variety, 10 Sep. 2021
  • And to make sure that ‘never again,’ are words of action and resolve.
    — Anthony Man, Sun-Sentinel.com, 4 Mar. 2018
  • That could test the resolve of the hundreds of reservists who have vowed to stay away.
    — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2023
  • But at the time, and for the rest of his life, his resolve never wavered.
    — Jim Williams, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • That process, too, has nagged at her confidence and her resolve.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 26 May 2026
  • At the very end, the gang resolves to find a way to locate and save Alex.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2025

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