volitional

Example Sentences

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A planned frolic that features joyful dancing to the compulsive rhythms of a string band forgets that the conditions behind this festivity aren’t volitional.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2022

In other chapters, though, race appears to have a more volitional hue, and people are “black by choice with a recognized right of resignation.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2021

But exercise is volitional; we can decide, for the most part, whether, when, where, how long, how hard and with whom we will work out.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2021

Spanning the late teens and early 20s, it’s a volitional, transitional period marked by exploration of life and love, work and world views.

From Washington Times • Jan. 31, 2021

A Self, a self-consciousness, an intelligent and volitional agent, if it be the birthright of man, is a birthright which he has to realise for himself, to earn and to make his own.

From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich