involuntary
Example Sentences
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“The Times posed the question, ‘Will Swift ever voluntarily step away from the spotlight?’ as if beholding a woman in full flow and power invariably summoned the fantasy of her involuntary removal from the scene.”
From Los Angeles Times
The downtick was driven by an increased share of involuntary part-time workers and lower employment in the temporary-help industry.
When companies are forced to hand over to regulators, or opposing counsel, internal records of what their algorithms have been up to, the result is a kind of involuntary transparency.
The statute of limitations for involuntary manslaughter, an easier case to prove than the voluntary manslaughter charges that Middleton brought, expired in late 2021.
From Los Angeles Times
“It made no sense to me. Then I saw that the reason the prepayments were so high is that they were involuntary.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
