willed

Example Sentences

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“Dallas is a good team. I think in the last four minutes they kind of willed it to happen for them, and we didn’t, and that’s unfortunate.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

"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

“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

We both knew it must be James Halliday’s classic videogame collection—the collection he’d willed to Morrow after his death.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline