willful

Example Sentences

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Attorney David Lira, 65, Girardi’s son-in-law, pleaded guilty last year to a criminal contempt charge for his willful failure to abide by the settlement payment order.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

According to the suit, the disclosure of tax-return forms “was either willful or a result of gross negligence.”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

Video footage of his killing taken from multiple angles shows this to be a willful lie.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2026

Industry executives were trusting themselves to the point of willful ignorance.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

As a youth, I am told, I was willful, self-absorbed, intermittently reckless, moody.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer