ill will

Example Sentences

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That means telling him that you wish him well and bear him no ill will.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

And Hoekstra has signaled that there is still an abundance of ill will.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

I love how the invocation sets a calm, cooperative, even loving tone at a time when too many civic gatherings in this country are torn by ill will, short tempers, sometimes violence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

“We don’t wish any ill will or anything for her,” he said in a brief telephone interview.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

Go on, girl, he whispered, as the student, facing her implacable ill will, sighed and wept.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin