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: having a will especially of a specified kind
—usually used in combination
strong-willed
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Examples of willed in a Sentence
a hard-nosed industrialist with a willed indifference to public opinion
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Lawson will play Sarah Silver, the strong willed and decisive Superintendent in the Boston Police Department who is Lena’s stepsister.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 2 June 2025
Carnegie is convinced that sincerity is as easily willed as a ready smile and a memory for names.
—Ann Hulbert, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
The entire texture of that life, its willed imposture.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Even more than his strong, octave-surfing Ontario accent, his willed congeniality—a mix of natural reserve and a morbid aversion to pretense—spoke to something in my bones.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 2 June 2025
Carnegie is convinced that sincerity is as easily willed as a ready smile and a memory for names.
—Ann Hulbert, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
The entire texture of that life, its willed imposture.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Even more than his strong, octave-surfing Ontario accent, his willed congeniality—a mix of natural reserve and a morbid aversion to pretense—spoke to something in my bones.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
See All Example Sentences for willed
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“Willed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/willed. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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willed
adjective
: having a will especially of a certain kind
strong-willed
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