1
: having a will especially of a specified kind
—usually used in combination
strong-willed
2
Examples of willed in a Sentence
a hard-nosed industrialist with a willed indifference to public opinion
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Carnegie is convinced that sincerity is as easily willed as a ready smile and a memory for names.
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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
Read: The changing sound of male rage in rock music
Underscoring his willed isolation is the fact that Fight Club intentionally seems to take place nowhere.
—Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
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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
Read: The changing sound of male rage in rock music
Underscoring his willed isolation is the fact that Fight Club intentionally seems to take place nowhere.
—Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
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 28 May. 2025.
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willed
adjective
: having a will especially of a certain kind
strong-willed
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