Sentence examples for a willful act of from inspiring English sources

His home remains northeastern Ohio, but last summer, he very publicly took his talents to South Beach, joining Wade and Chris Bosh, another free-agent acquisition, in what struck many people as less an act of free will than a willful act of superstar collusion.

Many of them regard it as a willful act of self-destruction, and future historians will surely agree with them.

Homophobia is a willful act of hate.

"It was a willful act of cruelty".

It seems a willful act of unkindness; he isn't replacing them with anything else.

True spiritual surrender is far from passive — it is a willful act of obedience.

Under maritime law responsibility for collision damage is based upon the fault principle: a colliding vessel will not be held responsible for damage to another ship or to a fixed object such as a bridge, wharf, or jetty unless the collision is caused by a deficiency in the colliding vessel or by negligence or a willful act on the part of its navigators.

The act of asking for a bribe that was captured by a prosecution tape recording, Justice Colabella said to Mr. Barron, was "a willful act on your part, a horrendous act, an act that makes me as a judge squirm".

"But playwriting is such a willful act, whereas songwriting is kind of an escape from that.

"It's a willful act," said Lyle Hillyard, a Republican state senator and a big supporter of the new measure.

As Miljački pointed out in her opening address, the etymological root of "influence" is "influenza", suggesting influence can be something that happens to you, a process of permeation, rather than a flagrant and willful act of rip-off.