unwillingly

Example Sentences

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The gig becomes a lonely endeavor, however, when the pandemic hits and he’s confined to a depopulated campus, sent unwillingly into a kind of monkhood.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

How does this play in the world in which you have, I think, unwillingly, been a spokesman for a lot of people who don’t particularly wanna say this, but are maybe glad somebody’s saying it?

From Slate • May 12, 2026

If those tactics don’t work, more of them are unwillingly becoming landlords.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Some people expressed indignation and concern that a passenger could be bumped off a ship unwillingly.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026

And he repeated over and over, “I will tell it to the village—I will tell it to the village...” until at last Wang Lung said unwillingly, “What do you want me to do?”

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck