be willing
Example Sentences
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“If you compete against me,” Mr. Brady says, “you better be willing to give up your life, because I’m giving up mine.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
“They would be willing to set the precedent for an alignment test that would be applied to the U.S. and would therefore be copied elsewhere,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
What would you be willing to commit 1,500 hours of your life doing?
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Would he be willing to speak to me about them?
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
I hadn’t realized that his coach would be so determined to make this go away—to make me go away—that he’d actually be willing to hurt Ocean in the process.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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