She was a strong-minded girl, and she didn't worry. From Wordnik.com. [Real Ghost Stories] Reference
Feodor was neither a strong-minded nor a very able man. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Russia] Reference
I love noble, "strong-minded," and strong-hearted women. From Wordnik.com. [Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.] Reference
Public critics need to be strong-minded, as well as right. From Wordnik.com. [Scam Busters On The Web] Reference
A strong-minded woman is easier to persuade than a weak one. From Wordnik.com. [The Love Affairs of an Old Maid] Reference
Animadversions on strong-minded bloomers seeking their rights. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
The strong-minded and the weak-kneed have all resorted thither. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election] Reference
I think I can safely say that most missionaries are rather strong-minded. From Wordnik.com. [Have We No Rights? A frank discussion of the "rights" of missionaries] Reference
Lady Mabel, however, seems to have been a notable strong-minded personage enough. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Coventry An Autobiography] Reference
That's your strong-minded friend who goes in for muscular Christianity and vivisection!. From Wordnik.com. [True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best] Reference
Absolutism feared his influence and that of his liberal and strong-minded English wife. From Wordnik.com. [In and Around Berlin] Reference
With one so strong-minded as Donald Barthelme, you could not easily change the subject. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce Carol Oates's 'In the Absence of Mentors/Monsters': Narrative Magazine] Reference
I know that many men have an awful horror of "strong-minded women," really educated women. From Wordnik.com. [Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.] Reference
I am what you call an advanced woman -- your women-folks go farther and call me strong-minded. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day] Reference
In the slick commercial media of New Delhi, Tehelka is the strong-minded reformist alternative. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Lydon: Tarun Tejpal's heart-ache for "the idea of India" (AUDIO)] Reference
The strong-minded one turned at the words, blushing till her face rivalled those fiery tresses. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
She had been misguided, led into this candidacy by those other women, strong-minded suffragists. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day] Reference
The influence of both father and mother upon these strong-minded children was vital and enduring. From Wordnik.com. [Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati] Reference
"Yes, why not?" replied the strong-minded one, "if the other young people dance, why shouldn't we?". From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Are you all nerves and morbid imaginings, -- you who have prided yourself on being so strong-minded!. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
He's enormously attractive to women but, he confesses, "I have a great terror of strong-minded ladies.". From Wordnik.com. [Lincoln Reconstructed] Reference
Her sister, Jessica, describes England as "very kind-hearted, dependable, strong-minded and idealistic.". From Wordnik.com. [Explaining Lynndie England] Reference
The book's main characters are four strong-minded black women who can't seem to find men who measure up. From Wordnik.com. [Endangered Family] Reference
Slowly and steadily, that strong-minded female wheeled the defenceless man round till he faced the arm-chair. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
With this exclamation, the strong-minded woman returned home, perfectly satisfied with her mission and herself. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Ev'leen Ann is an orphan, brought up by a well-to-do spinster aunt, who is strong-minded and runs her own farm. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
My walls are hung with ten-cent store art, and if I were not awfully strong-minded I could not overcome the effect. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Dakota Divorcee] Reference
Fanchette is not exactly a strong-minded person, and not likely to be much of a support when a support was most required. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
The woman was strong-minded, and she was religious, and she was also afflicted with a very feminine fear of thunder storms. From Wordnik.com. [Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers] Reference
We're going to see them have fun, because they're both very strong-minded people, who have very definite opinions and tastes. From Wordnik.com. [Grey's Anatomy: Find Out Who's Walking Down the Aisle] Reference
I knew a strong-minded bloomer at home, of some talent, and who was possessed, in a certain sense, of an excellent education. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
There is my king, with your queen immediately in front of him, and your rook in the distance guarding that strong-minded lady. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
But there is much more than a private spat at stake here, or the idiosyncrasies of two strong-minded artists dissing each other. From Wordnik.com. [The Battle For Malcolm X] Reference
"I'd like to see them try, that's all!" said the strong-minded female, sweeping a glance of scornful defiance over the young men. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Directly the strong-minded one came with an oriental cashmere thrown over one arm, and a costly bonnet perched on her right hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Another, whose five lines of rail fence covered a sheet nearly as large as a ten-acre lot, was the production of a strong-minded woman. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
His want of prudence in this one particular I shall put up with as well as I can, and you should be strong-minded enough to do the same. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
"Part of the reason why I feel I value the advice of very strong-willed and strong-minded women is because of my mom," he told NEWSWEEK. From Wordnik.com. [Bush's 'Power Puff Girls'] Reference
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