Examples of 'wilful' in a sentence
Meaning of "wilful"
Wilful describes a person's behavior as deliberate, intentional, or done on purpose
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- Intentional; deliberate.
- Stubborn and determined.
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Wilful evasion of maintenance payments is a criminal offence.
The statement betrayed a wilful misinterpretation of history.
Wilful and severe damage to the environment.
I see you are quite as wilful as you used to be.
Wilful damage through the use of explosives.
There should be no wilful use or threat of force.
The wilful killing of a person with intent.
Returned a verdict of wilful murder against him.
Wilful promotion of hate against an identifiable group.
Akitas are very wilful and sometimes obstinate.
Wilful concealment or facilitation of research misconduct by others.
Loss or damage due to negligence or wilful misconduct.
Wilful failure to report an arrest or detention was a criminal offence.
There is also such a thing as wilful blindness.
Wilful killing of a detained combatant amounts to a war crime.
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The world is living in a state of wilful ignorance.
Racial hatred and wilful killings have to be stopped.
I see that you are still as wilful as ever.
I was being wilful and stubborn and definitely out of line.
You are charged with the wilful murders.
A wilful sculptor of your realm who prefers anonymity.
And punitive damages for the wilful.
Wilful failure to meet a generally accepted international minimum.
Empires in decay embrace an almost wilful suicide.
Failure to do so amounts to wilful blindness or acting as a mere agent.
They can be very protective and wilful.
Offences relating to wilful evasion of taxes and duties.
A wilful girl with a streak of rebellion.
I have had enough of this wilful disobedience.
The wilful procrastination of endless procedure.
And then you complain of wilful ignorance.
I was a wilful and impetuous young woman.
This is intended to discourage bad practice or wilful misconduct.
Workers and the wilful impediment of humanitarian access.
The subjective element of this offence is wilful causation.
We shall have wilful murder and adultery committed.
This is quite unjustifiable and so seems positively wilful.
Stupid and wilful and unreflective.
Wilful and sometimes difficult to control.
You can be wilful and perverse.
Wilful misconduct of the carrier is one example of that.
Proud and alert like a wilful intelligent racehorse.
The wilful destruction of property by fire.
I am often overly wilful and disorderly.
The wilful blindness of those in power.
It was obviously a wilful decision on her part.
Wilful ignorance again from seb.
Docile but wilful and passionate.
Wilful appropriation of the ideas of others.
Destruction of or wilful damage to cultural property.
