Willed

"Willed" in a Sentence (10 examples)

He was bought up by his strong willed sister.

She pressed her lips together and willed herself not to cry.

In my workplace is a woman who's very strong willed, on the face of it.

Tom willed all his property to the city.

Tom is strong willed.

Then, audience granted, as the fane they filled, / thus calmly spake the eldest of the train, / Ilioneus: "O queen, whom Jove hath willed / to found this new-born city, here to reign, / and stubborn tribes with justice to refrain, / we, Troy's poor fugitives, implore thy grace, / storm-tost and wandering over every main: / forbid the flames our vessels to deface, / mark our afflicted plight, and spare a pious race."

"Me hath Fortune willed / long tost, like you, through sufferings, here to rest / and find at length a refuge. Not unskilled / in woe, I learn to succour the distrest."

God has not willed it.

Tom willed himself to sleep.

The free-willed subject here is the subject formation enacted by the party who is going to be visited with a fortunate (or unfortunate) legal consequence.

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