Example Sentences

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Wilfulness and distrust were developed to an extreme degree in her.

From The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 by Various

Wilfulness was never nurse to virtue, but rather her foe; nor ever did a rebellious spirit prove the herald of true greatness.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

Wilfulness with Kate, never weakness—And already a woman, already come to the time of sacrifice.

From Kildares of Storm by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein

Wilfulness along with waywardness is certainly not quite the same thing as “power of will,” but it testifies to a will which can exert itself steadily if it likes.

From Life of John Keats by Rossetti, William Michael

Wilfulness is such an impulsive quantity that it will rush ahead in spite of us and spoil everything when we feel that there is danger of our not getting our own way.

From Nerves and Common Sense by Call, Annie Payson