free will

Example Sentences

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Richardson said: "There's no policing of it at all, it is purely free will, if you want to queue you can."

From BBC • May 28, 2026

But the terminally dissatisfied Carol would rather stew in her own low-grade depression and angst that forfeit her free will.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

Such theological reasoning is serious, stalwart and chilly, not unrelated to the cold logic of double predestination and the denial of free will.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

"But if she doesn't, then God says everybody has free will, and so that doesn't cause a problem for me."

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

"I possess nothing,” said Siddhartha, "if that is what you mean. I am certainly without possessions, but of my own free will, so I am not in need.”

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse