9 sentences with 'decisive'
Example sentences and phrases with the word decisive and other words derived from it.
• « The immediate and decisive consequence for the body's fight and defence against an aggressor is the secretion of adrenaline and noradrenaline, as well as cortisone, hydrocortisone, corticosterone and aldosterone. »
• « But there are other substances that are decisive in bringing into action this nervous system that distinguishes us from other animals. Suffice it to mention serotonin, which plays a major role in sensory perception, thermoregulation and sleep initiation. »
• « Moreover, we have another advantage, and this one is decisive in the struggle to survive in a world far more dangerous than art galleries. »
• « The ensuing battle was a decisive show of force for the Greeks: the hoplite citizen-soldiers proved far more effective than the conscript infantry of the Persian forces. »
• « The following year, in 479 BC, a decisive battle was fought in central Greece by a Greek coalition led by the Spartans, followed by a Greek naval battle led by the Athenians. The latter led an invasion of Ionia that defeated the Persian army. »
• « Sparta finally struck a decisive blow in 405 BC by surprising the Athenian fleet in Anatolia and destroying it. »
• « Constantine also took a decisive step towards stabilising the economy by issuing a new currency based on a fixed gold standard. The new currency, the solidus, was to be the standard international currency of the Western world for 800 years. »
• « The British victory was so decisive that Napoleon was forced to abandon his hopes of invading Britain and had to try to weaken it indirectly. »