How To Use Decided In A Sentence

Leaving London they went to Paris, where they passed a few days, but soon grew weary of the place; and Lord Chetwynde, feeling a kind of languor, which seemed to him like a premonition of disease, he decided to go to Germany. The Cryptogram A Novel
At the last minute I decided to go, so I flung a few clothes together and left.
And while everyone around wished the couple a happy married life, one of the guests decided to be a little cheeky.
I took myself offline for a couple of days - the ole bod has decided it has had enough and succumbed to a flu-like thing.
Croi from time immemorial had been renowned for its devout and strict observance of papistic rites and ceremonies; the Counts of Nassau had gone over to the new sect -- sufficient reasons why Philip of Croi, Duke of Arschot, should prefer a party which placed him the most decidedly in opposition to the Prince of Orange. History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 02

The original Auroran settlers had landed in the location that was now the park and decided to keep it as a peaceful retreat in the centre of the city.
She decided she would try to forget the episode by the lake.
But after three years of frantic knitting, they decided to end the challenge, despite reaching halfway.
They decided to pipe the water in from the Changjiang River nearby.
Such a usage is ethically unacceptable, politically manipulative and decidedly unhistorical.
The company raised €10 million in May, but decided to extend the round after it was oversubscribed by potential investors.
The service was not very good, so I've decided to take my custom elsewhere.
After several days of climbing, high on a huge, exposed face of Annapurna, a mountain almost double the height of Mont Blanc, a storm erupted and the two men decided to descend.
The favourite for the interdominion grand final will be decided by Monday's barrier draw.
Faced by those constraints, the soldiers of the Royal Anglians face an uphill task and the official three-year time limit is already looking decidedly niggardly.
He decided not to contest the retrospective charge. Times, Sunday Times
They decided to put aside their differences.
We decided to only soften the water that would be heated, since there were no other quality issues with hardness in the cold tap water.
They decided to close the museum purely and simply because it cost too much to run.
Our study showed that Kalarippayattu closely follows the tenets of plyometrics, which is why we decided to include it in the curriculum, "explained Singh. The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage
The board has decided to withhold part of their grant money from certain students.
According to John Ralson, who apparently has some sort of Avatar-like connection to all living things in the Silver State, Berkley had been weighing the decision for a while but ultimately decided that the opportunity was too good to pass up. HUFFPOST HILL - Congress Passes Budget, Catastrophe Postponed
They decided to split the money four ways .
He was rushed to hospital where doctors and a psychiatrist decided the life-saving liver operation was in his best interests. The Sun
Additionally, FDA officials decided the drug must carry a warning on its label stating, "An increased rate of stroke was observed following Xarelto discontinuation in clinical trials" in patients with the faulty heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation. FDA Approves Anticlotting Drug
The auction house decided to withdraw from the sale when its December 1990 contract with Lord Northampton came up for renewal.
We never found it, but your humility left an indelible impression on me, and I decided that is how I want to treat people.
After the hospital I was planning on going to Lettuce Knit to buy some needles but decided against it, instead made the short walk from St. Mike's to the Flatiron.
Unfortunately, the company decided that after the Christmas rush, there was no need for all the extra people they took on, so your old pal Jean was out on her keister!
Now stadium officials have decided to turf out the rye grass surface and lay a fresh pitch. The Sun
Presented with a series of tricky problems, the Scud decided to play safe and run like the clappers, and just belt the ball for all he was worth.
Beer is appropriate, but if you decided to offer up tequila, be very codo about doing so. Day of the Holy Cross?
But then he decided to play his trump card .
I finally decided to use a ‘sagger,’ a container in which the pottery is placed, along with a combustible material (sawdust).
He decided on a plan of action but it backfired horribly. Times, Sunday Times
To say we could have done otherwise implies only that we would have done otherwise if we had decided or chosen to.
With its two commons, Steeple Fritton was shaped much like a penny-farthing bicycle, Posy had decided in childhood. TICKLED PINK
The judges decided to exclude evidence which had been unfairly attained.
It was decided previously infrared viewing equipment would be best.
An interlude of steel drum, tympani, and bongo injected a decidedly powerful tribal element to the experience.
The ‘not so bright’ builder was tanked up on booze and decided that it would be fun to fire a loaded 11 mm pistol in a public area.
I was told when the last fixtures were made it would be decided in a draw.
But the designer decided to withdraw the shoes over fears they could become a lethal weapon if the wearer accidentally trod on someone else's foot, the Daily Telegraph reported.
Sarah's time was too precious to be rewashing clothes, and in an instant she decided to put them away for her.
Instead, we decided to hang up the heavier long underwear like regular clothing and simply bundle our lighter underwear with a rubber band.
At the office I decided to bring Arnie Bloch up to date with my latest information about the Finnegans. A CONVICTION OF GUILT
The street urchins had decided views on literary value, and they were always keen to hand on advice. Times, Sunday Times
So the boys decided it was high time someone did a humorous send-up of these books, in the form of a warm, satirical and very funny guide to a country that simply doesn't exist.
Instead, we decided to build right up against the brick walls and look out into a big central atrium. Times, Sunday Times
She decided to search for her biological mother after her adoptive parents died.
But, more likely, he has decided it is less of a PR risk to leave a journalist eating a solitary crab pasty in the drizzle than to be trapped alone with her and - God forbid - a tongue-loosening bottle of wine.
She has sunk into the background in the past two weeks - friends say that she has had enough of the stress and has decided to no longer face the public gaze.
In the 1950s, the great and the good - the people who really knew what was in the best interests of the lower orders - decided to bulldoze the slums and decant people into tower blocks.
We've just decided to be open and honest about it. The Sun
The painter decided to grey the sky
The problem was that Eric decided to go on a macrobiotic diet to cleanse his system and he lost so much weight you could see his skull under his skin.
The impression of warmth and comfort and beauty predominated, though he was unable to analyze it; while the simplicity delighted him -- expensive simplicity, he decided, and most of it leftovers from the time her father went broke and died. Chapter XVIII
I decided to go for simplicity, and made compote, in the oven, pairing the rhubarb with some raspberries I had in the freezer.
If any of them decided to tell their trouble to one of the scandal sheets, you could be pilloried. DEATH IN FASHION
Her formative years were decidedly odd. Times, Sunday Times
Having been bottle-fed myself and suffering from many allergies and asthma, I decided that when I had my first child, I would try breastfeeding to see if it worked for me. Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms
Few things grate a Canadian hockey fan more than seeing one of our national teams lose to an American team, especially when the game was decided by a lousy, fluky goal.
It is the realm of _psychical life_; and, still more decidedly and more evidently, the _realm of mind_. The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality
The trial judge decided in favour of the prosecution for the reasons advanced by Mr Sheridan.
Finally, after they had gotten into the double-digits and we still hadn't scored, we decided that it was time to go inside.
It was one of the reasons we decided to stop offering it. Times, Sunday Times
Russia decided to float the rouble on the foreign exchange market.
She decided to buy the puppy on the spur of the moment and the dog is began to play a key role in helping her to recover. The Sun
It was decided by those present that the Agency must get a message to him warning him against precipitate action.
At the most recent inquiry, however, it seems that a jury decided that the policemen should be held accountable.
In the end they decided against any demolition work. The Sun
Wondering how the wasted Stevenson could work so tirelessly, La Farge decided he must be an aitu, a Samoan devil spirit not bound by the laws of the flesh. The Five of Hearts
I decided to go on a diet before my holiday.
We also decided to get our tattered, old couch reupholstered, and I doubled our annual contribution to a local conservation group.
In a particularly bold move, I decided to shave less often.
But I've decided that there are some parts of the web community that I don't want to give up on, and that the best way I can contribute is to make the things that I'd want to see. Kick Me - Anil Dash
‘After working at Cameron House, on the shores of Loch Lomond, I decided to travel round France for three months in a camper van with another chef,’ he says.
That which seemeth to me most likelie, I haue noted, beseeching the learned (as I trust they will) in such points of doubtfull antiquities to beare with my skill: sith for ought I know, the matter is not yet decided among the learned, but still they are in controuersie about it, and as yet Sub iudice lis est. Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6) England (1 of 12) William the Conqueror
Once what is printed is decided by the judiciary then it will be the establishment that is protected while the people are duped. The Sun
But councillors on the environment committee decided against imposing the changes.
His stunt mimics magician David Blaine's attempt to survive 72 days in a glass box above London but Michael decided he would use the idea to raise cash for charity.
In resubmitting the legislation for renewal of what many consider the most controversial provisions -- and some label downright unconstitutional provisions -- within the Patriot Act, the Republican Rules Committee decided to allow only 60 minutes of debate. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
We decided, more or less on a whim, to sail to Morocco.
We were two months behind schedule, so I decided it was time to crack the whip.
The latter was the last general to serve in the White House and did so in a decidedly unmilitary fashion.
They decided to refer the dispute to the United Nations.
I wondered if he minded me reading them, and decided I didn't care.
Some disputes are better left undecided in the annals of history.
Nynex, Anheuser-Busch and Sun decided last month to propose terminating pension plans for their outside directors.
It was long after he established himself as such that he eventually decided, for his own reasons, to drop the ‘Montgomery’ from his name.
To counteract this, he has decided to send the majority of this year 's cohort into the towns and countryside. Times, Sunday Times
He is looking decidedly ropey. Times, Sunday Times
At the end, she decided to stick with the Main Street, so as not to be easily lost.
I didn't know whether his story was true or not, but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.
The workers often decided to go slow in those days.
In the end, we all decided to organize a concert for Easter.
The trial was a mockery - the judge had decided the verdict before it began.
Miliband decided to risk serious barracking by telling the TUC he could not support the strikes, even though industrial action was sometimes a necessary last resort. Ed Miliband endures rough ride at TUC after criticism of pension strike action
Some of the football, especially in the opening half, was decidedly moderate.
I decided to concentrate all my efforts on finding somewhere to live.
And he has decided to treat them as if they were tribolites, or snails, and to do a morphological analysis, and try to derive their genealogical history over time.
They couldn't resist any more and decided to render up the city.
We decided to abandon the first draft of the report and start over.
Paula, ever the softy, decided that Elizabeth deserved a chance.
She decided to be a nun in order to avoid meeting him.
The Institute of Physics in London have decided to celebrate his birth 100 years ago with a cartoon strip.
Annie's decided to write a history of electronic music.
It's likely the two sides had trouble seeing eye-to-eye on long-term potash prices, and decided to instead negotiate smaller shipments over shorter time frames, said Ravi Sood, chief executive officer of Lawrence Asset Management in Toronto. Market News
The image of him was quickly fading from Kathleen's mind, but she remembered his firm chin, with a decided cleft down its middle.
The judges decided to exclude evidence which had been unfairly attained.
I tapped ashes from my cigarette into an ashtray on the floor and decided to take her up on the offer.
On what was to be the last days fishing of that holiday, Val and I had decided to make an early start and fish up at Flix.
Two different points to consider For many elderly patients it will be decided that cardiac surgery is not clinically indicated.
At the Christmas meeting of the court, in 1085, it was decided, apparently after much debate and probably with special reference to the general land-tax, called the Danegeld, to form by means of inquiries, officially made in each locality, a complete register of the occupied lands of the kingdom, of their holders, and of their values. The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216)
I actually bred a labradoodle for myself, then I decided to make it a hobby.
Mr. Yushchenko said Tuesday that the reported plans to change the constitution were "an anticonstitutional conspiracy," and that any such change should be decided by referendum. Ukrainian Parties in Coalition Negotiations
They decided she was marrying beneath her.
I decided to chronicle my experience of hyperplasia with atypia for viewers of The Early Show. Good-Enough Mother
The prosecution decided not to proceed because medical experts could not be certain what caused Mrs Fort's death.
You voted in the referendum and a very clear majority decided to do just that. The Sun
If anyone cares to remember, they lost the last election, but they decided to work the refs.
The Labour group decided to block the sale of the shares at a private "away day" held at South Leeds Stadium on Friday.
Old Chicago execs decided not to push wine by the bottle, though bottles are available if customers seek it out.
Three weeks after the birth Harriet decided to move the cubs into the jungle.
The firm has decided to close down its Chicago branch.
It was only to be the edging on a shawl for her, but he spent three days and two nights on it; and then she asked him to make it over with jack-in-the-pulpit inset, because she was sure to grow tired very soon of Sweet William; then she changed her mind about jack-in-the-pulpit and decided on wintergreen berries. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story
Luke had decided to take a long ride across the estate's grounds to the meadow in the east limit and set a picnic for both of us there.
So I've decided that if I ever go to jail, I am definitely busting out!
While polished concrete floors run through the rest of the house, they decided to stick with the original pressed cork that covered the gym floor. Times, Sunday Times
Nudism, the council decided, was doing the resort more harm than good.
Since it turned out I spent more time procrastinating instead of actually doing anything, I decided to finally finish my Bachelor of Arts degree.
We decided that in the future, when a truck returned from a pickup, we would put all the boxes in a temporary holding area marked by a cone.
Kate Augusto, Danielle Capalbo and Nick Mendez report that Ayman Nour, a leading political dissident in Egypt, has decided to return to prison and finish his sentence in order to dramatize what he calls the Egyptian government's ongoing lack of respect for democratic values. Archive 2009-05-01
Karen was born hearing impaired and learned to lip-read but, after her hearing failed completely in October 2002, she decided to have the operation when she discovered she was eligible for treatment.
The new Mustang has disc brakes all round, a decided improvement on the original cars.
Facing the dilemmas of ethical behaviour in a decidedly unethical society is the harder choice.
And another big one, of course, is the growing number of people who have no family doctor and no hope of getting one, either, because years ago the government (composed of people who NEVER make any mistakes) decided there were too many doctors and limited enrollment in med schools across the country. ProWomanProLife » Abortion politics in the USA
As for clothes, fashion consultant Barbara Thomas decided Norma had the poise and presence to carry off a sophisticated designer label.
It's going to be like a high school basketball game that is decided by the final shot at the buzzer.
I decided to attempt to sketch what I had recently seen on a Sunday afternoon getaway in the mountains.
Once I had reached a little ways beyond the last place I checked I decided to turn around.
But the following year, another powerful person decided to confer great nonelective power on Cheney. AMERICA'S MOST DANGEROUS CRIMINAL / DICK CHENEY
The atmosphere is decidedly creepy as the increasingly inventive deaths take place against a backdrop of innocent carols, glittering tinsel and good cheer. The Sun
Because of this idea of a competitive country, open to the biggest international challenges, I decided to be associated with the creation of A1 Team Portugal.
After owning and operating the business for more than 10 years, Richard and Susan both decided they wanted a change of pace.
We decided that even if all the slack in the rigging had been removed, the 45m rope would still have been well short.
The site for the new school has not beed decided yet.
She had decided she must go on as usual, follow her normal routine, and hope and pray.
The trick, I have decided, is to try not to appear as though you can't believe your luck.
Having maneuvered through the boles of the blue trees of the grove and into the open plain beyond, Saffron and Hawk decided to head off in the direction of a grassy hillock they spotted about a kilometer away.
The Archbishop's implied command that he leave the matter alone he decided to ignore.
Done with maneuvers, a US Navy aircraft carrier skipper decided to let his crew vote on which port to visit for shore leave.
At precisely that moment, some other mother, somewhere out in the universe, must have been having an out-of-body experience and decided to descend into my body to seize control of my vocal cords.
Perplexed Tribune auditors decided the dromedary was a capital expense and wired O'Reilly: "WHERE IS CAMEL? Sparing no expense: Reimbursements to remember
Everything converged on the labor movement, which proved the real crucible wherein the struggle was to be decided. Red Hunting in the Promised Land: Anticommunism and the Making of America
She decided to take drastic action after two years of failed applications. Times, Sunday Times
I'd want to be very sure of myself before I decided that a matrix reporting structure was the best possible answer to our intelligence woes.
The doctors decided to operate immediately.
Loading the tray with avocado mousse she decided she really should make an effort to get herself some skills.
He wasn't ill, Sophie decided. He was just plain scared.
I have decided that it is best to let the flat unfurnished, so it's time to say goodbye to what has been a trusty friend for the last few years.
I even also know that paleontologists (folks who study dinosaurs) decided that a dinosaur that was once called a brontosaurus (a very nice name) shouldn’t be called brontosaurus anymore, and changed it to apatosaurus (a kind of ugly name). Lulu and the Brontosaurus
With a mental shrug, he decided to tell the truth.
Some of the food vendors with barbecues decided to stick it out in the rain selling Indian tacos and macaroni chili.
At one point, the Red Cross director asked the Rocksprings' women to collect ‘kits’ for the servicemen, and the churchwomen decided they did not have the time or money to make the kits.
After junior appointments in London he decided to specialise in radiology, and at Harefield he became an enthusiastic member of the cardiac team.
They decided to go for the lineout rather than the kick at goal. Times, Sunday Times
Come to find out, things have been decidedly messy in Marti's household. A ghost story for your monday morning
Arrestment is not a strategy merely decided by judicatory organ, but a Nash equilibrium which involves the judicatory organ and suspect.
I like that they remember what guitars were for, and that Thom decided he could sing without putting his voice through ten filters and vocoders.
The award-winning British play promises a salacious good time with its decidedly postmodern take on gender and sexual power relationships in the middle ages.
The police decided to crack down on drug addicts.
We decided to set up a cooperative.
But ultimately, after wrestling with his conscience, he decided not to publish a story.
The constitution of the League was termed by Mr. Wilson a Covenant, a word redolent of biblical and puritanical times, which accorded well with the motives that decided him to prefer Geneva to Brussels as the seat of the League, and to adopt other measures of a supposed political character. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference
As I am aware that the jack hammers from the next block all last summer were intrusive and you know darn well the birds that roosted in the abandoned former furniture factory trees this past year nearly drove me out of my mind - before I decided to set off cohetes during the day and early evening to run them off, which worked, but drives your dogs crazy for which I am very sorry. Sound ordinance in ajijic?
Amy was looking decidedly worried.
Some decided to downshift and take cycling less seriously once they became pregnant and had their babies.
To clear the land and harvest the bananas they decided they needed a male workforce.
The courts, however, decided that a port so little guarded as Wilmington was at that time could not be legally called blockaded, and the brig was therefore released. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2)
With a blink, his eyes adjusted and decided it was either a wild dog or a wolf or a coyote.
It was decided that Paul would be slid down the talus slope in a stokes litter, and we all pitched in to wrestle him down.
Nobody has decided for definite; it's still just a giddy conversation about something that happens to other people. Times, Sunday Times
the police decided that the crime was an inside job
The case was decided
They could have sent Smith to prison but decided on a curfew and community service.
The judge already has decided to ban from the courtroom not only video cameras but print photographers working for newspapers and magazines.
They decided to go for marriage guidance.
The result is a setting that’s clearly modelled on an American high school but is populated almost entirely by kids and teachers with decidedly European accents — even when they have names like Brad and are swaggering around in letterman sweaters like an extra in Grease. The Curiosity of Chance
When a carload of thieves tried to steal oranges from our yard, I soon found myself outmanned and outgunned - and decided that 100 pounds of pilfered fruit is not worth your life.
As the rain bucketed down, driven horizontally by a southeast gale, he decided the walk would go ahead.
Suck up the embarrassment ; tell the truth, we decided.
PeaceBang's much-beloved and trusted hairdressed decided to "try something new" the other day and committed upon PeaceBang's head what we used to refer to in the 6th grade as a "butch," as in, "You got totally butched. You Do What You Can
The play was set in Birkenhead, which meant that I had to do a Scouse accent for that, so I decided to stick with it for this too.
That's why, Adler explains in an editor's letter, Reuters has decided to produce a magazine specifically designed for the gabfest known as Davos. Yvette Kantrow: A Look at Reuters, the Magazine
Last week, I had a four day trip, away on my own and naughtily I decided to indulge. All Things Girl » All Things Girl » 2008 » April
We continued as a three-piece for another year until he decided he too needed to get away from it all.
The officers of the xebecs knew they couldn't outmaneuver or outrun the British so they decided to scuttle their craft, toss their armament overboard and escape on foot to the north.
Her father, who died five years ago, also decided that the local practice of circumcision was not for his girls.
It decided against filling the vacant post and the position won't be reviewed until later in the year.

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