volitional

Example Sentences

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The guide defined homicide as a death resulting “from a volitional act committed by another person,” emphasizing that it does not imply criminal intent.

From Washington Post

A planned frolic that features joyful dancing to the compulsive rhythms of a string band forgets that the conditions behind this festivity aren’t volitional.

From Los Angeles Times

In other chapters, though, race appears to have a more volitional hue, and people are “black by choice with a recognized right of resignation.”

From Washington Post

The words “against the person of another,” she wrote, requires volitional conduct and “demands that the perpetrator direct his action at, or target, another individual.”

From New York Times

But exercise is volitional; we can decide, for the most part, whether, when, where, how long, how hard and with whom we will work out.

From New York Times