| 1. | He wandered on again, irresolute and undecided, and oppressed with the fear of another solitary night. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
| 2. | Little Henry was in her thoughts, and a mixture of alarm and delicacy made her irresolute what else to say. - from Emma by Jane Austen |
| 3. | At that he stood irresolute for a moment, then turned, scrambled out of the pit, and set off running wildly into Woking. - from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells |
| 4. | "There was such earnestness, such despair, in her manner that her words arrested me, and I stood irresolute before the door. - from Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 5. | When I came to you last week and found you alone, I came determined to know the truth though irresolute what to do when it WAS known. - from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen |
| 6. | I knew that every minute was precious to me, yet I remained irresolute in what manner to commence the interview, when the old man addressed me. - from Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley |
| 7. | From being irresolute and purposeless, his feet became animated by an intention, and, in the working out of that intention, they took him to the Doctor's door. - from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens |
| 8. | On his thin, weak legs were heavy chains which hampered his irresolute movements. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 9. | Standing, then in an irresolute attitude for a few minutes, as if he did not well know how to employ himself, he turned round and looked at Oliver, and called him by his name. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |