free will

Example Sentences

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In a song where vanity means being a “slave to makeup,” appearing willfully feminine might as well mean handing over your free will.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

"The look's actually so awesome and weird. I recommend just exercising your free will it's really fun and silly :D."

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Medically assisted dying is allowed in Germany under certain conditions, the outlet said, for people who are legally capable and acting of their own free will.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 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

“Those radishes are pretty,” I say, in return for the gift she’s made me, of her own free will.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood