noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It takes a lot of willpower to give up smoking.
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Losing weight is largely a matter of willpower .
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She made herself get better by sheer willpower , when everyone else had given up hope.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After that, it was all willpower and the result was an extraordinary recovery.
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He recently kicked a lifetime habit as a chain smoker, a typical example of the famous MacSharry willpower , say observers.
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Mind over matter, willpower over reality.
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More importantly, once we start nibbling naughty things our willpower slides down a very slippery slope.
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She was using willpower on us.
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Some children may be submissive to this approach while others fight back and will not have their willpower broken.
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The jersey, which was extra small, had shoulder straps that were hanging on by surface tension and willpower .