irresolution

Example Sentences

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Declaring an uneasy truce with irresolution, she is aware that she’ll never know X, “as if we could ever say for certain where she ended and where the world began.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2023

All the while, an air of intensity and irresolution hangs over Frances and Bobbi’s relationship.

From New York Times • May 13, 2022

One of the things I love most about short stories is their ambiguity and irresolution – the opposite of comfort.

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2020

During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, religious music rarely used the tritone because it created a sense of unease and irresolution rather than majesty or awe.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2020

He looked then for weakness in her face, for fear or irresolution, and there was none.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck