irresolution

Example Sentences

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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

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 irresolution that haunts the Crimmins case has made it reliable fodder for TV movies and books, most famously the 1975 novel that launched Mary Higgins Clark’s career, “Where Are the Children?”

From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2017

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

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck