Resourcefulness Sentence Examples

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  • My intelligence and resourcefulness is without equal.

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  • He attracted the attention of the young tsar Alexius by his resourcefulness during the Pskov rebellion of 1650, which he succeeded in localizing by personal influence.

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  • By a combination of tact, courage and resourcefulness he won the hearts of the natives, repelled the Portuguese and, notwithstanding the great distance from Spain, established the new colony on a practical basis.

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  • Life in the country can sometimes mean a financial struggle or isolation from modern conveniences, leaving families to use their ingenuity and resourcefulness to make their own furniture or find new uses for things they already have.

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  • Superior skills- the designer you choose should have a work history demonstrating reliability, good communication, resourcefulness and creativity.

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  • Resourcefulness with weapons is key in this game.

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  • The parents of such children may be overprotective, not giving them the chance to develop independence and resourcefulness by solving problems on their own.

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  • Do you pride yourself on your resourcefulness?

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  • Your ancestors who lived through the Great Depression were forced to rely on resourcefulness and ingenuity when living in a frugal way.

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  • Protecting the environment is all about resourcefulness, and crafters are some of the most resourceful people on Earth.

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  • The remaining contestants are put through several tasks that are designed to test their stick-to-itiveness, resourcefulness, and ability to get things done.

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  • But they reckoned without the resourcefulness of Napoleon.

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  • The courage and resourcefulness of their youthful leader inspired the people to make heroic sacrifices for their independ- of the ence, but unfortunately such was the revulsion of feeling against the grand pensionary, that he himself and his brother Cornelius were torn in pieces by an infuriated mob at the Hague (loth of August).

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  • In raising funds and equipping and supplying troops the governor showed great energy and resourcefulness, and his plans and organizations for caring for the needy widows and children of Pennsylvania soldiers killed in battle, and for aiding and removing to their homes the sick and wounded were widely copied throughout the North.

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  • It was not, however, until 1896, when he personally managed the canvass that resulted in securing the Republican presidential nomination for William McKinley at the St Louis Convention (at which he was a delegate), that he became known throughout the United States as a political manager of great adroitness, tact and resourcefulness.

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  • To the calm resourcefulness and level-headedness of President Roca at a very difficult and critical juncture must be largely ascribed the preservation of peace, and the permanent removal of a dispute that had aroused so much irritation.

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  • When brutal intellectual honesty is combined with relentless resourcefulness, your odds of success skyrocket.

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  • Looking where to buy inexpensive wooden swingsets is a matter of combining resourcefulness with a little bit of luck.

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  • This sort of resourcefulness was quite common during the Great Depression, so it's easy to see how this theory came about.

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  • You can also ask an open-ended question that requires the candidate to describe how they responded to an issue on the job to get an idea of the person's resourcefulness and ability to deal with situations calmly and rationally.

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  • Bertold was a man of great ability and resourcefulness, and as a statesman who strove for an ordered and united Germany was far in advance of his age.

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  • Noske, notwithstanding the genuineness of his Republican and Social Democratic opinions, enjoyed con siderable popularity in the new army and with the reactionary friends of law and order, as a man of decided character, great energy and resourcefulness in times of crisis.

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  • In meeting all the extraordinary demands resulting from the Civil War he displayed great energy and resourcefulness, and was active in thwarting the schemes of the secessionists in the neighbouring state of Kentucky, and of the Knights of the Golden Circle, the Order of American Knights, and the Sons of Liberty (secret societies of Southern sympathizers and other opponents of the war) in Indiana.

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  • The passage of this KansasNebraska Bill, one of the most momentous in its consequences ever passed by the Federal Congress, was largely a personal triumph for Douglas, who showed marvellous energy, adroitness and resourcefulness, and a genius for leadership. There was great indignation throughout the free states; and even in Chicago Douglas was unable to win for himself a hearing before a public meeting.

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