Sentence examples for act of willful from inspiring English sources

The near-catastrophe of the default was an act of willful blindness by distant politicians; the earthquake came and went with blink-and-you-missed-it speed, leaving even the Chicken Littles with no time to squawk.

Smith also does not give enough weight to the way revisionism and self-mythologisation is often a balm to the wounds made by history rather than an act of willful intent.

It may be an act of willful optimism for Harrison Kinney, author of "James Thurber: His Life and Times," to have edited (with Thurber's daughter, Rosemary) an 800-page volume of his letters.

This decision was not a Profile in Courage but an act of willful and destructive blindness.

Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper's abrogation of our Kyoto commitment was an act of willful blindness, a repudiation of science and victory of climate denial.

Shaking a baby is considered an "act of willful violence" by French law, and can be punished by up to 30 years in prison.

These anti-cross dressing codes are acts of willful, repressive ignorance.

The President, in an act of seemingly willful misinterpretation, has suggested that the Russians are responsible for the latest N. Vietnamese offensive.

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.

In studying the video, my political side would like to believe Murdoch's performance on Tuesday was all hubris topped off by an "old man act" in the name of willful denial.

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