make up one's mind
Example Sentences
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You may see a failure to make up one's mind between two clearly differentiated candidates as an act of ignorance or dishonesty.
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"It is so difficult to make up one's mind," said she.
From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile
In a busy life one would make up one's mind as well as one could, and act.
From The Silent Isle by Benson, Arthur Christopher
One does not have much time to make up one's mind when flying through the air from a high trapeze.
From Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank by Barnum, Vance
As you say," she said, "it is a little difficult to make up one's mind.
From A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') by Duncan, Sara Jeannette