willingly

Example Sentences

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"We wouldn't encourage willingly driving your vehicle into the water," said Katharina Gamboa of the Grapevine Police Department, in comments reported by the BBC's US news partner CBS News.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Some device owners willingly sign up to be on these networks so they can make a few dollars a month, but most have no idea they’re connected to one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

This case presented a strikingly simple question: Does it violate a journalist’s First Amendment rights if they are arrested for requesting and publishing information that a government employee willingly hands over?

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

But after all the games missed and all the opportunities lost during the past 10 months, Arenas would never willingly give up another.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

“I want no friend to repay me for what I did willingly, out of friendship and for my own honor.”

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander