willfulness
Example Sentences
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When Lucas’s actions offend the people around him, the priest’s motivation seems to be sheer willfulness, not spiritual conviction.
From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 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
She is as much of a royal as she is a would-be general, skilled at riding her dragons and standing up to her dangerous uncle Daemon, who appreciates her willfulness.
From Salon • Aug. 21, 2022
I think there’s things to learn about the creative process, about the willfulness and serendipity involved.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2022
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
