willfulness

Example Sentences

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There’s a willfulness to the story that isn’t always easy to overlook, though the fluid staging gives the events a natural flow.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024

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

That’s important because the Justice Department historically looks for willfulness, or an intent to mishandle government secrets, in deciding whether to bring criminal charges.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 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

Secretly, in their heart of hearts, almost everyone believes that there’s some meaning, some willfulness to life.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon