Sentence examples for virtually willing from inspiring English sources

The one moment of violence comes when she's struggling with the would-be killer and instead of indulging in the usual 3D aggression against the audience, Hitchcock has us virtually willing Kelly to pick up the pair of scissors that appear to be a couple of inches in front of our eyes.

Nearing the office, he goes on: "If you want to know how congressional medals of honor are won — that is, where men have been virtually willing to throw away their lives — it's usually at the level of the squad, or eight to ten [men].

And he has tirelessly traversed the country in aid of virtually any Democrat willing to share a stage with him.

Architecture has few advocates at a large format political level in Britain, and virtually no one willing and able to cut through party lines to raise the banner for a more intelligently and beautifully planned and designed country.

Corpses remained unburied at home as relatives searched for the virtually unobtainable: a willing mortician, an affordable yet "decent" coffin, and a prepared grave.

EU member states are virtually the only countries willing to do so.

To go so far would be to discount colour and form and expressiveness as criteria for excellence in art, and this virtually no one is willing to do.

She toiled with virtually the entire stadium willing her to win, a testimony to her fast-growing appeal but also reflecting the crowd's sniffiness about her opponent.

As a result, one weapons expert said, finding this particular complex, or even concluding that this pile of rubble was connected with unconventional weapons, would have been virtually impossible absent Iraqis willing to discuss what had taken place.

#2: Speaking Out It's odd to think that, in a field where passion and communication are the two most important core functions, that within field discussions, virtually no one is willing to speak their mind when vital industry initiatives take a wrong turn.

And yet, virtually none of them seem willing to turn off the digital spigot.