Example Sentences

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Maybe that matters less than the fact that Ms. Fox sees her whole life as playing out under the terms of a self-willed destiny.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2019

He did not consider “Peanuts” a children’s comic; even in Snoopy, his most kid-friendly character, Schulz created a self-willed, occasionally anxious fantasist.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 6, 2019

Only Monte, a self-willed celibate, initially thwarts her plans.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2019

They all seemed to be engaging in a self-willed amnesia about John McEnroe.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2015

No, he recognized himself, he recognized his hands and feet, the place where he lay and the Self in his breast, Siddhartha, self-willed, individualistic.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse