willpower
Example Sentences
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Karen struggles with phone addiction, noting a psychologist’s advice on habits over willpower.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
It’s much easier to stock a supportive fridge, prep a few flexible building blocks and make healthy food genuinely delicious than it is to rely solely on willpower.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2026
"We must fight to be truly free, and that can only be achieved through willpower."
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
Keeping pre-cut fruit within reach in the refrigerator or placing sweets out of sight can support long-term goals without requiring constant willpower.
From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026
Over the next several days there was a strained, tightly wound quality to the way they treated each other, a rigid correctness that was enforced by repetitive acts of willpower.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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