How to Use will in a Sentence

will

1 of 2 verb

• Has Quinn Ewers willed it alive?
  — Miami Herald, 28 Dec. 2025
• Could Sianis have willed the curse to his heirs?
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
• Agnes virtually wills her back to life.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
• Jessi, unable to will the earth to swallow her whole, makes a crack about the rain being a bad omen.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
• Scherzer is now on the IL with back spasms, still trying to will his way back to his old self.
  — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 19 June 2026
• The Wolves then willed one shot after another through the bucket.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2026
• Mu-gyeong wants the truth to will out and Sarah Kim wants Boudoir to survive no matter what.
  — Kayti Burt, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
• The Moon wills the chart and can make a wishy-washy Libra decisive and direct.
  — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2026
• But Sabalenka willed her way back, forcing a tiebreaker in the second set, and then again in the third set.
  — Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2023
• And the head coach at Gonzaga and the head coach here at Houston have willed these programs to be elite.
  — ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
• But not on the field, 36,000-plus surrounding him, willing him not to make a catch.
  — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 13 May 2026
• That continued during every stoppage on the bench, as though trying to will his team to stay on its shocking course.
  — ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
• But the limitations of a body of a forty-year-old cannot be willed away, especially without much in the way of reps.
  — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 1 July 2026
• The Russians were lying prostrate, as if willing themselves to meld in with the ruins around them.
  — Bob Seely, Foreign Affairs, 24 Nov. 2023
• Utley had to will himself to play through debilitating hip and knee issues.
  — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
• The surrounding ecosystem cannot be willed into existence on the same timeline.
  — Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 4 May 2026
• Frazier kept tapping his own face, either to will himself on or simply to try to clear his limited vision.
  — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
• Even as the home crowd tried to will on the defense, Stafford was able to push Los Angeles down the field.
  — Charlotte Observer, 30 Nov. 2025
• This time, Rice willed Michigan to the win, putting up 34 points in a 92-87 win.
  — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
• That should have been the end of that, but the internet proceeded to do its thing and willed the product into existence.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2024
• He’s admitted to pushing past his car’s limit in hopes of willing himself to top-10s.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2023
• Once into another tiebreak, Alcaraz nodded to himself and his team, willing his body to give one last push.
  — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
• The Wolves were down 9-0 to start the game thanks to a slew of turnovers and missed shots, but Randle willed them back into the game.
  — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
• Miguel just willed himself to get that hit, and then Alex Call, just being prepared and being able to hit the outfield grass.
  — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 15 May 2026
• Jokic willed his team forward after the half with 18 points, but Denver lost its momentum.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
• There is poverty, there are medical issues, there are challenges that can’t be willed away with a positive attitude.
  — Judith Newman, New York Times, 4 May 2023
• The Heavy even willed the Brother Wallace stage name into existence.
  — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 1 June 2026
• And behind the closed door, after the party is over, I am curled in a ball trying to will myself into normalcy again.
  — Via Harvest Books, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
• And no matter how intense the resistance, young Jalen would trudge ahead, willing his legs to move faster, farther, to finish each layup.
  — Mirin Fader, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
• Then there’s the history of a certain Czech goalie willing his country to a gold medal in 1998.
  — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026

will

2 of 2 noun

• He has no will of his own.
• In her will, she asked that her money be donated to the church.
• He made a will only days before his death.
• The first is through your will.
  — Allison Anna Tait, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
• Have a will and trust in place.
  — Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 26 June 2026
• Allen just has that will to win.
  — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
• But our will alone is not enough.
  — Jennifer Sirangelo, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• Just the will, the want-to to win.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
• But then the will to win, kicked in.
  — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 4 June 2026
• Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
  — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2025
• My will is strong, but my legs are weak.
  — Graham Averill, Outside, 29 Jan. 2026
• But where there’s a will, there’s a way.
  — Chris Johnston, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
• But when there's a will, there's a way.
  — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
• There might be a way, but is there a will?
  — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
• The city has not found the will to get there.
  — Desmon Yancy, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
• And yet, for there to be a way, there must be a will.
  — Andrew Zaleski, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
• But fans may hope that where there’s a will, there’s a way.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026
• This is not a lack of public will.
  — Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
• What remains is the will to act on it.
  — Liz Elting, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
• Second, the will to want to win.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 1 May 2026
• Has she been taken against her will?
  — Ryan Chandler, NBC news, 29 Dec. 2025
• The game was bending to his will.
  — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 June 2026
• This guy moves people against their will.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
• What’s needed now is the will to act.
  — Melanie La Rocca, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
• They are being held against their will.
  — ABC News, 28 May 2026
• But the politicians don’t have the will or courage to fix it.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• If payment was not made, they would be held against their will.
  — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
• But there's one thing that will never stop, and that's the will.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024
• But there’s one thing that will never stop, and that’s the will.
  — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 23 Apr. 2024
• No one will outwork him, or have more of a will to the truth.
  — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026