willfully

Example Sentences

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He partners with Karishma and the willfully clueless Brij in a profitable business manufacturing ayurvedic balms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

In a song where vanity means being a “slave to makeup,” appearing willfully feminine might as well mean handing over your free will.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

But a source told the BBC: "To argue publicly that there was just one complaint is willfully misleading. They were presented to London in one dossier, but there were multiple complaints."

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

“Any honest evaluation of that evidence would validate strongly keeping the endangerment finding in place, and the arguments for removing it are ideologically driven, willfully ignoring the evidence that’s out there,” Field said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

That is to say, my mother responded willfully to the respectability heaped upon her.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover