Sentence examples for if willful from inspiring English sources

Mr. Dudamel is a thoughtful if willful Mahler conductor.

The Federal Railroad Administration could impose fines of up to $20,000 if willful negligence of safety regulations is found, said George A. Gavalla, the agency's associate administrator for safety.

Under just about any other circumstance, though, and assuming your father is of sound (if willful) mind, you have to live with the same frustration that so many parents experience regarding their children's romantic choices: we cannot control whom our loved ones love.

Tura was probably familiar with these instructions -- Alberti had dallied for a time at the Este Court -- and he painted the Pietà as if in willful defiance of them, portraying Jesus lying awkwardly in his mother's lap in a frozen spasm of pain.

The patient could also recover punitive damages if the defendant acted in "willful or wanton disregard" for the patient's rights.

The board had judged Abuzzahab a danger to the public and suspended his license, citing "a reckless, if not willful, disregard of the patients' welfare".

He should not be courted and paid millions of dollars as if his willful murdering of dogs was a simple mistake.

A decade ago the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice accused Dr. Faruk Abuzzahab of a "reckless, if not willful, disregard" for the welfare of 46 patients, 5 of whom died in his care or shortly afterward.

If the willful absence of a single word of regret, apology, warmth, or kindness in his eighteen-word communiqué ending his relationship with Trierweiler is the result of a purposeful strategy, aimed at maintaining the dignity of his Presidency, it also succeeded in draining it of any humanity.

"State law empowers Historic District Commissions to enforce regulations through court proceedings," the letter says, adding that, "if the offense is willful," the violator will be fined not less than $100 and not more than $250 for each day the offense continues.

God with His loving mercy wants to save Jerusalem and humanity from its willful demise, if we will have it.