will-less
Example Sentences
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It was reported that 70% of estates administered in court are will-less.
From Time Magazine Archive
Why Gorki wanted to write 2,700 pages about this dull and will-less man is almost as great a mystery as the Moscow trials that disclosed a fantastic story of Gorki's death.*
From Time Magazine Archive
These boys and girls were will-less, their speech flat, their gestures vague, their personalities devoid of anger, hope, laughter, enthusiasm, passion, or despair.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
The body rests, but the unfettered mind enters upon a "will-less state of pure seeing," where dreams no longer remain the meaningless fantasies of blind sleep, but become luminous with idea and sequence.
From Shapes that Haunt the Dusk by Howells, William Dean
He is a "pure will-less, time-less subject of knowledge" of "pure knowing," which means complete absorption.
From Cobwebs of Thought by Arachne
