Sentence examples for it is willful from inspiring English sources

It is willful neglect, including the active destruction of records and the failure to comply with court orders.

If freedom is the ailment, it is willful surrender to her emotions and her ties to others that is the modern Antigone's redemption.

It is willful, mean-spirited, and does nothing to move our commonwealth forward".

"It's willful ignorance," he said.

For years, it was willful blindness".

"It's willful and intentional negligence," Ms. James said.

"I don't believe in many cases it was willful.

This is not transparency: it's willful concealment.

"At best, it was willful blindness on the part of the ISI," Mr. Keller said.

While you shouldn't exploit someone's carelessness -- if you saw a person drop his wallet, of course you'd return it -- the prattling you overhear isn't a casual error on the same scale; it's willful and ongoing.

In most cases, it may be inadvertent, but sometimes, it's willful.