Sentences with phrase «willed away»

While it's not quite so simple as waving a magic wand over a calendar, the section of a 1978 copyright law was originally intended to help authors who may have been starving at the time of publication to retrieve the rights to a future bestseller that they had essentially willed away.

These sensations can not be willed away or ignored.»

She is quick to point out that plenty of life's stresses can not be willed away: poverty, abuse, and neglect can not be mitigated with reframing.

Not exact matches

Maine's eloquent and vivid novel is finally about its own business, not Scripture's, but the two are scarcely extricable, and we read in part to see how, and how successfully, the strong - willed son will pull away.

The Duke, Bassanio, and Antonio» once the threat is past» are all willing to allow a chagrined Shylock to walk away with his money; it is the iron - willed Portia who demands that he be held to the strict letter of the law, just as he himself has insisted.

Strong - willed children do not do well when their power is taken away.

He's always been my strong - willed child and lets me know right away when he doesn't like something.

Determined to win out over Noblet's team, Beekman tries to get his hand on the plans for Noblet's project by convincing handsome Brason (Chris Pratt) to charm them away from weak - willed Jerri.

«Lady Bird» spends her days quarreling with her equally strong - willed mother, Marion (Laurie Metcalf, invincible), slacking off with her good - natured best friend, Julie (a pitch - perfect Beanie Feldstein), and dreaming of a liberal East Coast college, away from her sleepy hometown of Sacramento (the «Midwest of California,» as she puts it).

Everyone in the automotive world knew him simply as Tom, but there was a great deal of complex and fascinating history behind the unassumingly modest façade of the straightforward and personable yet iron - willed Mr. Tom Tjaarda, who recently passed away at the age of 82.

In this vibrant historical novel, 12 - year - old Meg, strong - willed and smart, sees her inheritance slip away when her father remarries.

I honestly think this version might be closer to the truth as I know strong willed women didn't fare too well during this era of history and were sometimes diagnosed as hysteric and locked away for years when all they were doing was asserting their individuality.

Miami heiress Gail Posner, who passed away from cancer at the age of 67, has willed the majority of her money and property, including her mansion and fancy cars, to her beloved dogs.

That strong - willed spirit is never going away.

Maybe he willed himself to walk because he couldn't bear being away from his foster; even following and waiting for her outside the restroom door.

While the concept is good - willed for encouraging players to do better, taking away the choice of taking on tougher battles willingly is disappointing.

Perhaps there are unpaid bills or debt such as a mortgage to be willed to the children, and the parents don't want to pass away leaving their children with a loan on the house.

I am, for lack of a better term, an «accidental investor» - when my wife and I moved up here in 2013 I started renting out our home in Charleston, and about a year ago, my grandmother passed away and willed me a single family home in New Orleans that was also being rented out.