strong-willed

adjective

: very determined to do something even if other people say it should not be done

Examples of strong-willed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The tensions inside the AP — and Rinehart’s articulation of a case many managers believe but are reluctant to make — reveal a broader conflict playing out across the media over how AI should be applied within journalism, a costly craft filled with strong-willed individuals. —Max Tani, semafor.com, 4 Mar. 2026

Brooks then moved over to Bold in 2013 to play the strong-willed playboy Wyatt Spencer, earning another Emmy nod in 2021 and concluding his run in 2024. —Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Mar. 2026

The family drama, which tells the origin story of the American West, stars Alice Halsey as the strong-willed Laura Ingalls, Skywalker Hughes as Laura’s older sister Mary, Luke Bracey as Pa, and Crosby Fitzgerald as Ma. —Peter White, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2026

Together with two orphans and a strong-willed young woman, the four embark on a journey from their fishing village to Ghana’s capital, Accra, to buy their own fishing boat. —Thinus Ferreira, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for strong-willed

• redistilled
• semiskilled
• unfulfilled
• backfilled
• distilled
• fulfilled
• infilled
• instilled
• rebuild
• refilled
• unfilled
• unskilled