willed
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"It is pure intention: if there is chaos, it is authored chaos: if it is ugly, it is designed ugliness; if it is absurd, it is willed absurdity."
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
He didn’t wander into greatness: he pursued it, willed it, achieved it.
From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026
I have willed her 100% of my estate.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026
“God has willed it,” Zhao, who had obtained Emirati citizenship, tweeted in Arabic with a photo of the pair, wearing a traditional thobe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
Now in swift—but somewhat calmer—water, Kermit willed himself to swim toward a branch hanging over the river.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
