resolute.

INSKEEP: Now when I think about the way that your father, Johnny Cash, recorded this same song, "Sea of Heartbreak," I almost want to use the word resolute.

Rosanne Cash Sails The 'Sea Of Heartbreak' 2009

When he sat back down, she'd composed herself once more, her face still pale but her shoulders square and her expression resolute.

The Other Daughter Gardner, Lisa 1999

"With my life," answered Eoain, one hand on his knife hilt, his expression resolute.

Black Horses For The King McCaffrey, Anne 1996

For now the most dominant Falluja image has been that of the "Marlboro Man" ­ the Los Angeles Times photo of the brave American marine James Blake Miller, his face bloodied and soiled by combat, his expression resolute.

November 2004 2004

If a Ronald Reagan or George Bush committed American troops in such trying circumstances, he would be described by aides as "resolute."

Here We Go Again 2008

For seven years now, I have sat through reading and listening to descriptive accounts of our current commander-in-chief of two wars as, "resolute."

Deanie Mills: The Difference Between A Functional Leader And A Fictional One 2008

These are all POSITIVE connotations of the president's behavior conducting war in Afghanistan and in Iraq that go along with that one, simple word-choice of "resolute."

Deanie Mills: The Difference Between A Functional Leader And A Fictional One 2008