Sentence examples for willful attempts from inspiring English sources

The story of Agrippina's willful attempts to get her husband, the Roman emperor Claudius, to name Nero, her son from a previous marriage, as heir, is presented in this updated staging with a wit and visual imagination that match the satirical tone of the opera.

Until Susan's sustained effort moved her beyond her willful attempts to manipulate the clay and control the wheel.

After careful review of all the responses and discussions with our editorial board members, I am confident that there were no willful attempts to hide any competing financial interests.

The celebration was a willful attempt at disregarding such questions.

Mr. Abdulmutallab, 23, a Nigerian citizen, was charged in a federal criminal complaint on Saturday with the willful attempt to destroy an aircraft with an explosive device.

"This was a knowing, willful attempt to corrupt the electoral system," said Daniel Cort, an assistant Manhattan district attorney, in his closing statement.

Others fought vigorously against the encroaching spirit of regulation, frequently charging the moralizers with hypocrisy: a willful attempt to suppress the natural — and particularly English — instincts for individual liberty.

They represented a willful attempt to exhort and accommodate both the aspirations and troubles of their turbulent times — aspirations and troubles that especially affected the central business districts and inner cities in which they were often built.

Others fought vigorously against the encroaching spirit of regulation, frequently charging the moralizers with hypocrisy: a willful attempt to suppress the natural and particularly English instincts for individual liberty.

In a statement, Cablevision said the case that broadcasters including Fox, CBS, ABC and NBC are attempting to make against Aereo is a "willful attempt to stifle innovation".

As suicide requires a willful attempt to die, some feel it therefore cannot be said to occur in non-human animals.