Sentence examples for instead of willful from inspiring English sources

"These guys could be the worst cops in the world, but if this was just a terrible mistake instead of willful misconduct, then it's not a federal crime".

The prosecution accuses them, rather, of willful violations of the law that resulted in her death.

Hence, the Unabomber — who killed three people and maimed and mutilated more than a score of others — was treated with morbid curiosity by the press, as if he were a sideshow freak instead of a wicked, willful murderer who deserved to be put to death.

Last February, he claimed that those financial institutions with which he dealt with most frequently "had to know" about his scheme but decided to practice "willful blindness" instead of investigating.

Call it a cone of willful ignorance.

The abiding constant was a sense of willful, collective intuition.

Libyans had learned similar habits of willful ignorance.

But persistent incompetence can have the effect of willful iniquity.

Perhaps a form of "willful blindness" has infected us all.

Because Pennsylvania courts required proof of "willful or wanton" negligence on the part of the railroad for a client to recover damages, Mr. Danzig brought suit in federal court instead.

The company was guilty of "willful misconduct," said Underhill.