willed
Example Sentences
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Even down to the last show, he willed himself, like, “I’m going to do this show.”
From Los Angeles Times
It marked a first ever try for Brazil in their debut Women's Rugby World Cup, with Silva willed on by a loud Sandy Park before being mobbed by her team-mates.
From BBC
Cultural stagnation is a form of willed self-destruction at the popular level.
From Salon
And it seems the only lesson we’ve learned is that the government’s handling of our next preventable tragedy is likely to be a lot worse because our callous partisanship willed it to be so.
From Salon
In the space of a year, PSG have become a team many neutrals actively willed to lose in the Champions League - to the best team in the world to watch.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
