Sentence examples for not wilful from inspiring English sources

This much, at least, is not wilful.

Republicans have railed against this version of events as inexcusable incompetence if not wilful deceit.

When Nina first saw the plan her reaction was, "Are you both crazy?" But it is not wilful innovation, Gorlin says.

Then Sir John Peace, Standard's chairman, definitely put his foot in it last year by calling the offences "clerical errors" and not "wilful acts".

It's not wilful on the part of care homes but they're just not finding the time to do it [assessment] and prioritise it".

The shape of the building is not wilful; the plot of land – part of a new public square – was small, so Gough came up with the idea of splaying the library upwards and outwards.

The decision was made, there's nothing I can do but it wasn't wilful whatsoever.

Not a wilful one, she was a destroyer with a purpose.

In a letter to current and former Seals, the leaders of the US Naval Special Warfare Command wrote: "We do not abide wilful or selfish disregard for our core values in return for public notoriety and financial gain, which only diminishes otherwise honourable service, courage and sacrifice".

Children went into "meltdown" not as wilful displays of bad behaviour but as intense responses to overwhelming situations.

I'll be charitable and accept this wasn't a wilful misrepresentation.