wilful BrE
willful AmE

She is wilful as can be, and you make her worse.

And all this was for a girl, a mere wilful child!

She can be very wilful, as you'll find out if you marry her.

Many local people believe the shooting was nothing more than a wilful act of murder.

You must understand that he is not evil, nor even wilful.

It wasn't wilful, he simply could not see another person's point of view.

To some, that looks like an act of wilful provocation.

Besides, he knew most of them, there was no wilful harm in any.

He was found guilty of wilful murder by the jury.

Her future life would be with a demanding and wilful former king in exile.

For she was wilful, you know, and would not have been governable.

And love is a big thing; a very wilful thing.

Boston had a wilful temperament and was difficult to train.

He had lived with his wilful little Dryad wife for quite a while now, after all.

"They are no good to you, my dear," she said with the amusement one shows to a wilful child.

Blame could not be attributed to the crystals' wilful nature.

He is too wilful, and never abandons himself to his genius.

I think some wilful blindness is at play here.

"You were always wilful and never one to admit an error.

In 2004 he committed the serious crime of wilful fire-raising.

As we look back, it seems like wilful blindness.

The results of this wilful burning reach far beyond the rainforests.

No remedy, my lord, when walls are so wilful to hear without warning.

A fine girl mind you; pretty and hard-working, but inclined to be wilful.

Then the girl too disappeared to be replaced by a beautiful young woman with a wilful expression.

We are learning something these days about the power of a willful president.

She was the most willful woman he had ever met.

The face was willful, certainly, but the eyes were filled with love.

Did he know now how dark and willful was my soul?

She had a wise way with her, and a willful look.

For the past year, American policy has been one of willful neglect.

The role is sometimes played in the manner of a willful child.

I have no need of a companion, particularly not a willful one.

Then, to this willful and wild man, something had happened.

She is a strong, willful woman with little personal warmth.

A willful and nasty child with the body of a woman.

The man was willful as a child in some respects.

You know how willful she is, but I'm sure she's fine.

He had been on quite a different track, no credit to his willful mind.

She also has her mother's determination and can be quite willful at times.

She's very willful, so it's that much more of a challenge.

Almost as bad, a willful wife might learn to manipulate him.

"Are you going to cooperate or act like a willful child?"

It's a willful process that you start and then hope has an overwhelming result.

"Do you think there was a willful disregard for the law?"

He added that the state would only go to court in the case of a willful violation.

But postmodernism of this sort is not just willful play.

However, they are intelligent and, although willful, can be trained.

Let go of a willful stance which goes against acceptance.

But within weeks, the willful owner put the apartment on the market "for tax reasons."