willfully
Example Sentences
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It willfully tries to make something seem lowest common denominator, so that there can be a community based around that thing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Acting on this data, the administration in June 2021 announced what became known as “zero tolerance”: Dealers found to be willfully violating the law would lose their licenses, period.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
Between explosions of action, it’s willfully slow, which I suppose life on a desert island might be.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
He partners with Karishma and the willfully clueless Brij in a profitable business manufacturing ayurvedic balms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
The trek across is deliberately dangerous and willfully unsteady.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
