How to Use volition in a Sentence

volition

noun

• Tourette's syndrome is a neurological disorder marked by recurrent tics and vocalizations that are beyond the sufferer's volition or control.
• The threat could inspire staff to leave of their own volition.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 24 June 2022
• On the other hand, this sort of thing rarely goes well when a good coach walks out the door of his own volition.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2022
• The guys who choose to show up will get coached here, and that is under their own volition.
  — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 2 June 2021
• The other half, though, drop out of their own volition.
  — The Economist, 27 Feb. 2020
• For the sake of your eyes, don’t hesitate to bring this up of your own volition.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 29 Aug. 2018
• Perhaps the lawyers did leave of their own volition, but to jump from a sinking ship.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 9 June 2023
• This was all of my own volition, but that’s scant comfort.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2020
• His killer did so of his own volition and for his own reason.
  — Fox News, 4 Oct. 2019
• But for all these groups there are many others who’ve just come of their own volition.
  — Harper Simon, SPIN, 20 May 2022
• Leaving on his own volition is the right way for the Wenger era to end at Arsenal.
  — Juan Pimiento, chicagotribune.com, 22 Apr. 2018
• Of course, the NFL didn’t arrive at these policies on its own volition.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Oct. 2019
• People that were brought here, people that have done a good job and were not brought here of their own volition.
  — Jay Willis, GQ, 14 Sep. 2017
• Some of the changes the Lions made were part of broader NFL protocols, and some were done of their own volition.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2020
• Most of these monarchs did not leave the throne of their own volition: Up to 16 percent were murdered.
  — Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 July 2021
• Some CMOs leave of their own volition to take other jobs.
  — Nat Ives, WSJ, 27 May 2020
• The Met is not, as an act of volition, going to cut itself off from the supporters of the future.
  — Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2016
• And the records show that the informant traveled to Washington at his own volition, not at the request of the F.B.I.
  — New York Times, 25 Sep. 2021
• Whether this grand jury speaks out or not, that's of their own accord and their own volition.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2020
• And the records show that the informant traveled to Washington at his own volition, not at the request of the FBI.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2021
• His killer did so of his own volition and for his own reason, not at the behest or help of Corey Morgan.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 17 Sep. 2019
• Many thousands more showed up at town halls of their own volition, in their own districts.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2017
• Don't get a new actor unless Garfield quits of his own volition.
  — G. Clay Whittaker, Esquire, 16 Dec. 2014
• Graham's spokesman said the senator was making the calls of his own volition.
  — Jonathan Lemire, Star Tribune, 13 Jan. 2021
• Most of them resigned — some under pressure and some of their own volition.
  — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2018
• Perkins reached out to Morton of her own volition and ended up meeting with the actor.
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 17 Nov. 2022
• Two of those coaches, Skiles and Clifford, pretty much quit of their own volition.
  — Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 12 July 2021
• Romney chose to speak of his own volition, from his own conviction, that Trump was the exact wrong person for the job.
  — Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2018
• Fans then watched as Wilson appeared to scurry around the infield, as if of its own volition.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Apr. 2022
• Every tune is hummable, toes start tapping of their own volition.
  — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 9 May 2024