willfully
Example Sentences
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Throughout, he seems almost willfully incurious about why people hunt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
In a song where vanity means being a “slave to makeup,” appearing willfully feminine might as well mean handing over your free will.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026
But a source told the BBC: "To argue publicly that there was just one complaint is willfully misleading. They were presented to London in one dossier, but there were multiple complaints."
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
“Any honest evaluation of that evidence would validate strongly keeping the endangerment finding in place, and the arguments for removing it are ideologically driven, willfully ignoring the evidence that’s out there,” Field said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
Audrey may not have told me about Jesse’s troubles, but I had willfully ignored their signs.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
