nolens volens
Americanadverb
adverb
Example Sentences
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So far Poincar� has not made public what he thinks of this "dinky little plan," but, nolens volens, it seems he will have to let the British in.
From Time Magazine Archive
But, nolens volens, he must accept it, or take the alternative, sure of being made severe for him.
From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne
The ensuing year he declined a re-election but his constituents informed him he was public property and must be used nolens volens.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll
I thought of making him the Pretender, nolens volens, for he is too stupidly honest to look at the whole thing as a merry, and at the same time profitable, masquerade.
From Problematic Characters A Novel by Spielhagen, Friedrich
That is a way of putting it which is more in accordance with facts, for we—Donald, Dugald, and I—mounted him, and the pony did the rest, he, Archie, being legally speaking nolens volens.
From Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure by Stables, Gordon
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