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Meanings of willpower in English
Catalan
força de voluntat The trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior.
Synonyms
Examples for "possession"
Examples for "possession"
1
Challenge from Hetherington was fair in normal course of competition for possession.
2
It gave Utah State possession at the New Mexico State 24-yard line.
3
Perhaps they explain all cases of what used to be called possession.
4
Singer George Michael was today charged with possession of cannabis, police said.
5
Finally one may, among all these, cite a clear case of possession.
1
She wanted him: his power and his grim self-control, his beautiful voice.
2
The Committee stress in the strongest terms the duty of moral self-control.
3
Marco would have started but for his long training in exterior self-control.
4
The fifth set was an epic duel of will power and self-control.
5
And the girl on the bed had the advantage of absolute self-control.
1
All the self-possession and promptitude of the Indians returned in a moment.
2
Lacheneur saw the snare; he regained his self-possession as if by magic.
3
He soon recovered his self-possession, and took measures against the general peril.
4
The movement to the supper-table gave Emily time for reflection and self-possession.
5
I am calm because I see the need of self-possession and reflection.
1
You could say that the down trains will power the up ones.
2
The fifth set was an epic duel of will power and self-control.
3
In will power, in mere spasms of earnestness, there is no salvation.
4
Frederick had never been in greater need of all his will power.
5
Not one drunkard in a hundred has will power to cure himself.
1
Still his bravery and self-command prevented anything in the nature of murmuring.
2
Clear eyesight and self-command are in some degree impaired by it always.
3
He was too accustomed to self-command to forget himself in this presence.
4
He gripped the arms of the chair fiercely, trying to gain self-command.
5
His self-command is the most admirable worldly thing I have ever seen.
1
It needs much discipline and watchfulness; it excludes all self-will and selfishness.
2
Johnson asserted the power of intellect and self-will over mind and body.
3
There is music in heaven, because in music there is no self-will.
4
In this case, the bondage of self-will is found to be absolute.
5
There was neither self-will, perverseness, nor antagonism, in this; but paralysis instead.
Usage of willpower in English
1
It doesn't only demand enormous power -but even greater willpower too.
2
Kelly was no slouch when it came to good sense and willpower.
3
That said; it may take a lot of willpower to step away!
4
His reflexes were good, but without willpower they just made him flinchy.
5
Feel better and get more done by mastering the power of willpower
6
Suppose someone has willpower, and a talent for music, and good training.
7
He suspected that his willpower would not be equal to the task.
8
Swan used every shred of willpower to keep herself from shrinking back.
9
Sunday night began to loom as a monumental test of his willpower.
10
He gave me that control in a sweep of cold, steely willpower.
11
Gaby pulled herself together, a simple matter of willpower over scorched nerves.
12
Only sheer willpower held me where I was, just inside the doorway.
13
He has an obsessive mind and a willpower that's impossible to derail.
14
He possessed more willpower than that; he exercised it and didn't call.
15
Kids are having innocence and willpower-ifnot free will itself-stolenfrom them.
16
The prospects for peace depend now on the willpower of the leaders.
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common