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

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

I think with a good story you have a question in the back of your mind and the storyteller knows how to create an irresolution or imbalance that you are waiting to experience.

From Salon • May 29, 2020

The vagueness and irresolution in this episode could be taken as a warning, reminding us that endings can take longer to play out than we might expect — or hope.

From New York Times • May 21, 2017

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

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck