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

For St. Augustine, desire was the bondage of the divided self, which willed the good but somehow willed more strongly not to do it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

He didn’t wander into greatness: he pursued it, willed it, achieved it.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

In the space of a year, PSG have become a team many neutrals actively willed to lose in the Champions League - to the best team in the world to watch.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025

He turned around and stared at the market, and he had never willed harder for his father to appear than that moment.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro