willpower
Example Sentences
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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
"All my energy, all my willpower was going into educating my journalists, educating the industry that the Data Protection Act needed to be taken seriously," he said.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026
As Ro Chief Executive Officer Zach Reitano puts it in an interview: “No one in the world has more willpower than Serena Williams.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
"We must fight to be truly free, and that can only be achieved through willpower."
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
Sometimes she looked like she was about to tear up and it took all her willpower not to cry.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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