self-willed
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Some were interested in what change these self-willed wolves might wreak upon their old haunts.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 24, 2020
Maybe that matters less than the fact that Ms. Fox sees her whole life as playing out under the terms of a self-willed destiny.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2019
He did not consider “Peanuts” a children’s comic; even in Snoopy, his most kid-friendly character, Schulz created a self-willed, occasionally anxious fantasist.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 6, 2019
Only Monte, a self-willed celibate, initially thwarts her plans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2019
No, he recognized himself, he recognized his hands and feet, the place where he lay and the Self in his breast, Siddhartha, self-willed, individualistic.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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