WILLFUL in a Sentence
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291 example sentences for WILLFUL, such as:
1. What we do willingly is easy.
2. She's just like a willful child.
3. All things are easy that are done willingly.
4. I'm quite willing to accept the consequences.
5. He's been willful and headstrong from a baby.
2. She's just like a willful child.
3. All things are easy that are done willingly.
4. I'm quite willing to accept the consequences.
5. He's been willful and headstrong from a baby.
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Meanings and Examples of WILLFUL
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willful
a. intentional; headstrong; said or done on purpose; deliberate
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 The green eyes in the carefully sweet face were turbulent, willful, lusty with life, distinctly at variance with her decorous demeanor.
2 An adult emotion was being born, stronger than her vanity or her willful selfishness.
3 She's just like a willful child.
4 For all her spoiled and willful ways she was such a lovable child that he lacked the heart to try to curb her.
5 Oh, for another girl, pretty and gay and willful and full of laughter, not like the giddy-brained Ella.
6 She was so like you, so willful, so brave and gay and full of high spirits, and I could pet her and spoil her--just as I wanted to pet you.
7 "That's the fun of it," began Laurie, who had got a willful fit on him and was possessed to break out of bounds in some way.
8 And, besides, Beatrice Tarleton never willingly permitted anyone, black or white, to hold reins when her arms were out of slings.
9 In fact, men willingly gave the ladies everything in the world except credit for having intelligence.
10 The gathering quieted again as the doctor raised his voice, at first in thanks to the ladies who had so willingly given their jewelry.
11 Melanie had picked neatly, quickly and willingly for an hour in the hot sun and then fainted quietly and had to stay in bed for a week.
12 But when ladylike airs failed to get results she was coldly businesslike and willingly undersold her competitors at a loss to herself if it would bring her a new customer.
13 Both she and Frank would willingly have given, without any charge, the finest mahogany and carved rosewood in the store, but the Wilkeses obstinately refused.
14 He willingly escorted Melanie and Pitty and India and their friends about the town but not Scarlett.
15 Now she would willingly have humbled herself and admitted that she had only hurled that accusation at him out of her misery, hoping by hurting him to alleviate her own hurt.
Example Sentence: (81 in 6 pages)
1 So, you are still engaging in willful misrepresentation of the others' comments.
2 He's been willful and headstrong from a baby.
3 Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endures his torment willingly.
4 She would willingly forgo a birthday treat if only her warring parents would declare a truce.
5 What we do willingly is easy.
6 All things are easy that are done willingly.
7 However, he suggests that this only be done if the convert is also willingly accepted into his position by the community.
8 The headmaster's austere demeanor tended to scare off the more timid students, who never visited his study willingly.
9 No other organisation was able or willing to take on the job.
10 I'm quite willing to accept the consequences.
11 I am willing to give up everything to have, to achieve the little glass dream.
12 I am willing to admit that I do make mistakes.
13 In a broadcast on state radio the government also announced that it was willing to resume peace negotiations.
14 If the language can not express, I am willing to prove that life.
15 We hope to grow old, yet we fear old age; that is, we are willing to live, and afraid to die.