Sentence examples for of the wilfully from inspiring English sources

What can you do when no klaxons reach the ears of the wilfully deaf?

Maddened by the number of newspapers and magazines I read, and news programmes I watch or listen to, I often wish to join the great army of the wilfully under-informed and purely parochial.

The closest the novel approaches to a plot is his pursuit of the wilfully opaque Aphra, a Blaine-groupie with a highly developed sense of smell, who works in the returns section of a department store, sniffing shoes to check whether they have been worn.

At this point, everyone involved does a passable impression of Mrs Richards, the wilfully deaf curmudgeon in Fawlty Towers.

The limited equality of the mid-20th century was an aberration, Piketty demonstrated to the satisfaction of all except the wilfully blind.

This work focuses on the maverick energy of its main characters, the wilfully unconventional Katharina and her ambitious suitor Petruchio.

If any member of the board wilfully fails to attend its sessions, he shall be reported to the house to which he belongs, and thereupon such house shall, in its discretion, punish him by fine and imprisonment, or both.

If any member of the board wilfully fails to attend its sessions, he shall be reported to the house to which he belongs, and thereupon such house shall, in its discretion, punish him by fine or imprisonment or both.

Blakey had fashioned a more impassioned and dramatic drumming style out of the sometimes wilfully intricate materials of bebop percussion, an instantly recognisable mix of incandescent snare-drum rolls and slyly scattered rimshots.

Even entertainer Barry Humphries has damned the release of the emails, wilfully ignoring the political significance of such a man with vile views to perpetuate white Australia in the education system of the 21st century.

Great stuff, with echoes of Kurosawa - but even here the wilfully clotted, muddled narrative lets it down.