Sentence examples for willpower had from inspiring English sources

And so an admissions official from a prestigious private college fondly recalled the essay by a young man who had been a fat child, and by great willpower had lost weight, but now had to be hyper-vigilant when thin friends gorged on junk food without thinking.

She told me that her "willpower had evaporated".

Once I understood that willpower had nothing to do with weight loss, surgery became a logical option.

I decided to use the Pavlok to keep me in line for two weeks, hoping to find out whether or not electronically-induced pain would succeed where my own terrible willpower had not.

No wonder willpower has no chance.

But sheer willpower has not been enough.

The development of her willpower has been a process.

Sportsmanship plus heart-rending willpower has drawn far more attention than the organisers expected.

The same willpower has yet to be applied to long-term problems.

A combination of scientific research and political willpower has got the virus on the run.

"For a lot of people, it is still a moral issue and willpower has nothing to do with the brain".