as in restraint
the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions
trying to summon the willpower to resist buying any more books before finishing the unread ones I already have
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Recent Examples of willpower
As far as Dragula the brand, Dragula is a monster with its own willpower and its own luck factors.
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Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
The power to move under your own willpower, whether for duty or sheer pleasure.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
Packing light comes down to strategy and, honestly, a lot of willpower.
—Kristine Thomason, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
The only thing bigger than the twist at the end of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Season 2 is the willpower is took star and executive producer David Henrie to keep from spilling the beans ahead of time.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 8 Oct. 2025
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Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
The power to move under your own willpower, whether for duty or sheer pleasure.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
Packing light comes down to strategy and, honestly, a lot of willpower.
—Kristine Thomason, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
The only thing bigger than the twist at the end of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Season 2 is the willpower is took star and executive producer David Henrie to keep from spilling the beans ahead of time.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for willpower
Recent Examples of Synonyms for willpower
Noun
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While objecting to restraints, Robinson’s attorneys agree with the sheriff that the court should limit or ban video and photographic coverage of proceedings.—
Stepheny Price , Melissa Chrise,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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To complement the architecture’s rigor, the current owners turned to designer André Mellone of Studio Mellone, known for his elegant restraint and understanding of proportion.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
24 Oct. 2025
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People with positive parenting feelings exhibited more connectivity changes in parts of the brain that are important for self-control (the middle frontal gyrus) and empathy (the supramarginal gyrus).—
Anthony Vaccaro,
Scientific American,
29 Oct. 2025
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Safdie perceptively locates the protagonist’s troubling inner contradictions—the atavistic fury that drives him to compete and the intense self-control that competition demands—but dramatizes such outer crises as opioid addiction and conflict with his girlfriend (Emily Blunt) only schematically.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Willpower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/willpower. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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