We looked at each other for a few seconds, while I tried to reinforce my previous determination not to talk.

This information, although coming from a dubious source, reinforced my determination to remain silent.

The relative failure of Allegro reinforced the team's determination to have another hit.

Their correspondence over the years encouraged him and reinforced his determination to make a name for himself as a poet.

As it was, the anger reinforced his determination that nothing would break his will.

What she found when she arrived in the Bronx only reinforced her determination.

Several declared that exposure to America had reinforced their determination to work for social change in their own countries.

Both men reinforced their determination to continue the quest for peace.

It reinforced his determination to say what he had come to say.

Overly strict parents often seem to reinforce their teenagers' determination to rebel.