nolens volens
Americanadverb
adverb
Example Sentences
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I went to his bedroom door; it was locked from the outside, so I perforce remained where I was, to, nolens volens, witness the finish of last night's interview.
From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories by Ouida
But, nolens volens, he must accept it, or take the alternative, sure of being made severe for him.
From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne
He was to understand that nolens volens he was to expatriate himself, he himself was to experience with all their costs and inconveniences the very adventures he had recommended to his pupil!
From Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery by Verne, Jules
The king sent his ambassadors with the message that the young girl should be sent nolens volens.
From Italian Popular Tales by Crane, Thomas Frederick
The first movement being thus made, an impetus was given to the moving column from behind, that drove the front ranks, nolens volens, into the breach.
From Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 by Vide, V. V.
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