Sentence examples for his volition from inspiring English sources

It was the first of several such stays, some by his volition, others against his will.

By the end of this story, he has recovered his volition.

American officials have said Mr. Wang did not apply for asylum and left of his volition; one official has said there is no formal paper application for asylum.

This doctrine means that a person cannot save himself by his volition and effort but depends absolutely upon the saving grace of Christ.

He also expressed his volition on an array of issues such as homing pigeons, alien deportation, national defense, parking meters, and credits for beer wholesalers, whereas other "veto giants" like Cleveland focused their veto efforts to one specific arena.

Wearing only shiny white briefs, he watches, puzzled and frustrated, as his limbs lash and jerk away from him, independent of his volition and knowledge, in a kind of Tourette's Syndrome.

As he puts it a few pages later, God's wisdom "holds His volitions in check, in the sense that not all of His volitions are practical volitions" (OM, 5 184).

This captures the idea that existence depends on God's perceptions, but only on the perceptions which correspond to or are included in his volitions about what we should perceive.

"He came to this country on his own volition, trained on his own, married on his own, had a child on his own".

And Mr Clarke has endured worse indignities than being dispatched to the back benches (nominally of his own volition) in his 75th year.

He came to the plutocrats on his own volition with his mind-set and values already in conformity with the plutocracy's view of itself and of America.