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How to use the word willingly in a Sentence?

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If I decide to be in a relationship with you, it's because I've accepted upon myself to bear you, to bear your pain, and to share in your joy. It's my decision, a commitment willingly made, and I stand by it wholeheartedly.

Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
1 month ago

I didn't know about what was happening, but I have to and I willingly do accept responsibility, the captain goes down with the ship.

Ken Starr

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

New York has an explicit constitutional prohibition on partisan gerrymandering. The Democrats violated that prohibition. They did it knowingly, they did it willingly, they did it joyfully. And the court today struck them down, this is a victory for the people of the state, and it's a victory for competitive and fair elections in New York state.

John Faso

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

She's stepping into this because she says she wants to be a role model for young girls, but in terms of the social issues having to do with America criticizing China, she’s not stepping in to answer for those particular issues, it's unique because in the current climate we're in, we have a lot of athletes who are stepping into that willingly without even being prompted.

Chad Carlson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

[ R ] egardless of a person's politics, what Alec Baldwin did here should never be allowed to stand. He is one of the most recognizable people in the country and has a social media following five times the population of the State of Wyoming. He abused that platform willingly and put the McCollum's through hell at a time when they had just begun to cope with Rylee's death.

Dennis Postiglione

Found on CNN
2 years ago

violence is so american violence is pretty girls guns ‘n danger rape, murder, ‘n mayhem tv above all eats us up ‘n spits us out tells us lies we willingly believe

Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
2 years ago

We do have to keep in mind that not everyone who's unvaccinated did make that choice willingly.

Katherine Wu

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Nobody, nobody could understand how she got to New York because any time she would disappear, she went to Philadelphia, i really don't think she went to New York willingly at all.

Angela Mack

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Quorum is still not met. Praying no other Democrats willingly go to Floor, there is currently an injunction stopping TX from arresting Democrats, yet these Democrats on the floor today chose to participate in voter suppression.

Gina Hinojosa

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

One of the things that frightened me most about the pandemic was how willingly the American people were allowed and willingly giving up their freedoms, that's very concerning to me and I think the Delta variant is just another opportunity for control of the federal government on our lives.

Jody Hice

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This is the second time that I have willingly fully co-operated with an investigation into events more than 25 years ago, i apologized then, and I do so again now, over the fact that I asked for bank statements to be mocked up. It was a stupid thing to do and was an action I deeply regret. But I absolutely stand by the evidence I gave a quarter of a century ago, and again more recently.

Lord Dyson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Keeping citizens safe should be the top priority of every elected official, last year, we watched as cities across America were ravaged by violence and crime because their leaders repeatedly chose to abandon law enforcement and bend the knee to the radical Left. We are a nation of law and order, and we should be working to support police departments more, not less. City officials who willingly ignore the rule of law, fight to defund law enforcement, and allow chaos to reign supreme, should not be given federal funds – plain and simple.

Brian Babin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It is possible for a person to change, this change however must occur willingly, and should never be forced.

Isaac Mashman

added by isaacmashman
3 years ago

It was reckless and irresponsible for the Georgia Senate Republicans to hold an in-person hearing without requiring masks and social distancing during a pandemic. Clearly the COVID risk from( Giuliani) and team, who have been attending hearings maskless all around the country, was high and they willingly endangered all of us to pander to Donald Trump.

Elena Parent

Found on CNN
3 years ago

They're wonderful people and immensely proud of the way he selflessly served and protected our community with distinction and honor for more than three years, this is a horrific reminder of the dangers our brave men and women willingly face everyday to keep us safe.

Lyda Krewson

Found on CNN
3 years ago

If any out-of-town agitators are watching this, if anyone's planning to enhance their techniques tomorrow or the next day, we are ready for you, we are prepared. We will not willingly give up the city. You will have to go through every resource that I have and every resource that Lafayette Police have in order to do harm to the citizens or to their property.

Lafayette Parish Sheriff Mark Garber

Found on CNN
3 years ago

People will willingly consent for something like that if it means saving their lives.

United States

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I hope( the The NFL and The NFL) listen to us, in terms of how much The NFL's fixed or repaired the trauma that we've experienced from our career, i know I did willingly sign up for The NFL, because I saw my dad go through The NFL.

Lofa Tatupu

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This is a prime example of the dangerous environment deputies willingly go into every day in order to keep violent people like Michler Gabriel off of our streets, i will not tolerate anyone who would have such a lack of respect for another human being, especially for someone who selflessly serves the citizens of Hillsborough County, Chronister continued. While I am thankful that the deputy involved was not seriously hurt, we will make sure that Gabriel is prosecuted to the fullest extent for his actions.

Sheriff Chad Chronister

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

It's better to take them willingly and not force them.

Rogelio Pinal

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

At the end, he did come out of the building, willingly while speaking with crisis negotiators.

Rockford Police Chief Dan O'Shea

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Jayda was very loving and friendly with people she knew. I cannot believe she went with them willingly, she was my happiness and my joy. She is missed by everyone that knew her. She was very special to us.

Tamara Weaver

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Never get into family fights over material things; give them up willingly, and your moral standing will increase in proportion.

Marcus Aurelius

added by Normando
4 years ago

Buddhist kings show possession of white elephants as a proof of their legitimacy, legitimate kings effortlessly attract white elephants from all corners of the kingdom. These elephants willingly submit to the authority of kings out of recognition of their moral strength.

Edoardo Siani

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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