Example Sentences

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There’s a willfulness to the story that isn’t always easy to overlook, though the fluid staging gives the events a natural flow.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024

“To date,” Morrell told the council Thursday, “whether by inactivity or willfulness, the mayor has refused to comply with the law.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024

The separate charge of conspiracy to obstruct the grand jury's investigation also bears on "willfulness."

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2023

It’s a hard and perilous excursion, one made increasingly more difficult by Lucas, whose self-confidence — inborn or instilled — rapidly hardens into dangerous willfulness.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2023

Her spirit, her passion, her youth, her courage, her willfulness — I felt all of these things the moment I first saw her.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela