wills 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of will

wills

2 of 2

noun

plural of will

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of wills
Verb
Agnes virtually wills her back to life. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
The brain has always been central to the most insightful thinking on warfare, whether that’s ancient China’s Sun Tzu, who prized deception and self-knowledge, or early 19th-century Prussia’s Carl von Clausewitz, for whom war was a clash of wills. Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025 Some wilderness therapy programs operate against participants' wills and have been controversial. Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025 With tensions rising, the film transforms into an unsettling black comedy as the colleagues descend into a battle of wills and wits. Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025 The Mariners beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Friday night at T-Mobile Park, emptying their bullpen, testing their wills and winning a game that stretched deep into the night. The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025 Along with the art, Pantzer stacked the shelves from floor to ceiling in his upstairs study with rare books on the artist, wills and sales catalogues, Krause wrote. Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 26 Sep. 2025 The latter, of course, is a capacity of humans with wills of their own. Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025 That bill that would use governmental power to force one religious tradition on everyone in our state against their wills. Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025 Outdated wills may not reflect a person’s current wishes. Cody Barbo, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wills
Verb
  • Sports events, social outings, movies, the theater, fun get-togethers, playful activities with kids – do whatever pleases you and brings you joy.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Bucks games at Fiserv Forum will have lots of new food, drink choices.
    Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The set includes two shams and is available in eight pattern choices.
    Sheri Kaz, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The shake-up leaves an unusual number of spots open on the party’s Central Committee, which began its term in 2022 with 205 members and 171 non-voting alternates.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Ignoring more complex science leaves us with hundreds of years of neurologic damage to our children by leaving lead pipe in the ground.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There’s a part of me that wishes everyone could experience the joy that is living in a place like Lanier, even for a moment.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Ticketmaster will require that every account that wishes to post tickets for resale have a unique taxpayer identification number.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Fear is so powerful because almost no human wants to die.
    Big Think, Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Because, no, everybody wants to be that.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Wills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wills. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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