strong-willed

Example Sentences

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It didn’t take long to recognize that the core of the hearing would be an honor dispute between two strong-willed men.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

As a girl, Petrou was studious and strong-willed; in a 2018 profile in The Wall Street Journal, her mother recalled Petrou getting into a heated “intellectual disputation” with their rabbi at Sunday school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

In the film, Winslet plays Julia, the strong-willed eldest sibling of the Cheshire clan, too often charged with being the glue holding her family together.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026

As strong-willed as her husband, she doesn’t wish to argue the point.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2025

But he was hooked, not on the food so much, but on this strong-willed, determined young woman.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel