willfulness
Example Sentences
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Here, Ariel’s willfulness stems from a deep curiosity about the world on land and a hunger to see it for herself.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023
It’s a hard and perilous excursion, one made increasingly more difficult by Lucas, whose self-confidence — inborn or instilled — rapidly hardens into dangerous willfulness.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2023
She is as much of a royal as she is a would-be general, skilled at riding her dragons and standing up to her dangerous uncle Daemon, who appreciates her willfulness.
From Salon • Aug. 21, 2022
He is just a little ball of willfulness, and it will pass.
From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2022
He may have interpreted it as evidence of her stubbornness, her willfulness, her utter disregard of all his warnings, and so made a threat which would put a stop to this crazy talk about freedom.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
