How to Use strong-willed in a Sentence

strong-willed

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  • From the outside, your fans think of you as a very strong-willed person, in your art.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Jacob teams up with a strong-willed young girl named Maisie.
    Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Gayle is strong-willed, independent and lives her life on her terms.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Nash plays Bertie, Elvis’ strong-willed mother figure who runs his day-to-day life and is the only one who can go challenge Elvis.
    Breanna Bell, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
  • In her three-plus decade career, many of her characters have been strong-willed women.
    Alex Gonzalez, NBC News, 2 July 2024
  • Princess Bridget von Ascheberg is regal and strong-willed.
    Michael Stillwell, townandcountrymag.com, 28 May 2023
  • Aided by a strong-willed coach, these aspiring basketball players do their best to rise to the top.
    Men's Health Editorial, Men's Health, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Pat and Jimmy are two very strong-willed people who are looking for the same thing, which is ultimately to win.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 15 July 2024
  • For the better part of the last 15 years, Elizabeth Gillies has made a career out of playing sassy, snarky, strong-willed women on television.
    Max Gao, Variety, 16 July 2024
  • Walnut was a graceful, strong-willed bird, if a tad antisocial.
    Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Known to be competitive, those born under Aries are courageous, strong-willed and carefree.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
  • Especially when the star of that show is a strong-willed individual like Mr. Trump.
    Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
  • No-pull harnesses are great for pets who haven't quite mastered walking nicely on a leash or for pet parents who don't have the upper body strength to wrestle with a strong-willed pooch.
    goodhousekeeping.com, 4 Apr. 2023
  • In the sequel, the story again focuses on the strong-willed Ginger, who with rooster Rocky now has an equally strong-minded daughter, Molly.
    Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Rodriguez’s character, a strong-willed sportswriter, says that Bumble is fake — the opposite of real life.
    Erin Carlson, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Foster’s Danvers more explicitly doesn’t suffer fools, but Reis’ Navarro is just as strong-willed in her way.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Foster’s Danvers more explicitly doesn’t suffer fools, but Reis’ Navarro is just as strong-willed in her way.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Her aides do not issue any statements without Feinstein’s sign-off, and describe her as strong-willed even in her diminished state.
    Annie Karni, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
  • Anne was Henry’s second wife, a strong-willed, worldly woman whose refusal to become the king’s mistress pushed him to break with Rome and launch the English Reformation.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023
  • And yet there was a growing sense that that confidence, that supreme self-belief, had become something more stubborn than secure, more willful than strong-willed.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Bernhardt’s strong-willed personality showed up both in her stage career and in her personal life.
    Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2023
  • Unfortunately, the Left has proved more strong-willed and more powerful than Reagan or Buckley could have imagined.
    Caleb Nunes, National Review, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Earlier today the actress and the filmmakers hit the Anaheim Convention Center trade floor to stoke fans about the next chapter about the Polynesian strong-willed daughter.
    Natalie Sitek, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Danielle Brooks is another powerhouse, coming on even stronger as the strong-willed Sofia than her predecessor Winfrey.
    Pat Padua, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The biographical drama is based on the real life of Rocky Dennis, a young boy born with a rare bone condition, and his relationship with his strong-willed mother, Rusty. 2.
    Brittany Natale, ELLE, 29 June 2023
  • Kathy is a strong-willed, independent woman who speaks with disdain, resentment and nostalgia toward the club.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 18 June 2024
  • For two decades, the strong-willed and litigious McCawbattled politicians and bureaucrats, local merchants, a former lover and even her own journalists.
    Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
  • My eldest daughter is 6, strong-willed, explosive and defiant.
    Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
  • While created out of the twin powers of his sister’s grief and strong-willed nature, Chris (or not-Chris) as monster is condemned to monstrosity, only to once again be violently killed.
    Sarah-Tai Black, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
  • Tracing the steps of a young journalist and a strong-willed political scientist, the camera observes a society learning to raise its voice, despite decades of fear and oppression.
    Jennie Punter, Variety, 26 Mar. 2024

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