Sentence examples for if willfully from inspiring English sources

And as for abolitionism, he asked Lincoln to "openly direct me to make the correction" to this part of his proclamation, as if willfully reading Lincoln's kindly previous admonition as ambivalence.

When one guest, a rising politician, seduces a self-dramatizing young woman who happens to be married, if willfully separated from her husband, the events that unspool give the credibility of the national government a threatening shake.

There is something touching if willfully naïve about Ms. Meyers's nostalgia for Hollywood's golden age, when Louis B. Mayer ruled the very lot on which she shot part of this film.

Either batsman is out if he willfully obstructs the opposite side by word or action.

An incoming batsman is "timed out" if he willfully takes more than two minutes to come in.

"If someone willfully wants to violate copyright law," he said, "then there may be ways that they can ultimately beat the system".

A review of relevant case law shows that a police officer corruptly fails to do an act required by the duties of his office if he willfully fails or willfully neglects to perform the duty.

If you willfully copy or distribute by electronic or other means a work with a retail value of $1,000 but less than $2,500, you could be imprisoned up to one year and/or fined.

I.R.S. employees, whom Congress has ordered to be fired if they willfully fail to comply with the tax laws, had one of the best rates of compliance, far exceeding Congress and its staff members.

A separate statute says that if someone "willfully and maliciously" destroys property on certain federal lands, then he or she could face a fine of up to $250,000 and five years in prison.

But the president, even if not willfully misrepresenting events to the public, has engaged in a great deal of magical thinking ( from refusing to call jihadists "jihadists" to believing he had al-Qaeda on the run to thinking he could engage the mullahs).