Sentence examples for a willful determination from inspiring English sources

It shows a willful determination to continue ignoring the threat posed by some of the most dangerous regimes in the world, while taking one of the most important defenses against Iran off the table.

The dangers of this development, he astutely points out, is that it reflects a willful determination to deny or ignore her role in promoting Hitler and the Reich, and points, in Germany especially, to "a questionable comprehension of history, which desires to attain 'normality' at any price".

There is a willful simplicity and a mechanical, monosyllabic repetition to the prose.

CR: A combination of keeping cool and an insanely willful determination to meet our obligation.

But while Willie's apprenticeship in the London of the 1950's bears a certain resemblance to that of the author -- who as a young immigrant in England also did radio work for the BBC and published a volume of short stories -- he lacks Mr. Naipaul's ferocious dedication to his craft and his willful determination to become a writer.

She sees a connection between the chilly formalism of Edward Weston's photographs and his controlling treatment of his muse and later wife, Charis Harris; and she discerns a parallel between Dante Gabriel Rossetti's self-conscious, theatrical art and his willful determination to treat his longtime mistress Elizabeth Siddal as a latter-day reincarnation of Dante's famous muse, Beatrice.

The resulting novel is by turns mesmerizing and mannered, evocative and opaque: a would-be tour de force encumbered by its talented author's sometimes willful determination to embrace formal innovation at the expense of simple storytelling.

But his almost willful determination to ignore everything but the score — to let the music speak entirely for itself, flowing with preternatural ease — extends even to the possibility of knowing Wagner, the composer with which he is most intimately connected.

However, the artists are not only strong on stage, but also strong in constitution, and with Eilber's willful determination, they've emerged powerful and relevant from recent adversity.

Or, people will have a willful ignorance to it.

Helen was a willful lass.