How to Use "Will" with Example Sentences

will (n): a person's choice or determination to do something; a legal document that says what happens to someone's money and property after he or she dies

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Used with adjectives:

"She has a strong will to survive."
(strong, great, iron)

"It was his pure will to survive out in the snow."
(pure, sheer)

"You are here on your own free will, so you can leave anytime."
(free)

"He wishes no ill will on his enemies."
(ill)

"It was the goodwill of all who donated that made the charity successful."
(good)

Used with verbs:

"The patient has a strong will to live."
(has, possesses)

"He lacks the will to continue."
(lacks, has lost)

"The abuse broke her will to live."
(broke, destroyed, shattered)

"His father made a will."
(made, wrote up, drew up, drafted, left)

"The lawyer read the will to the family."
(read)

"She changed her will to include her new grandchild."
(changed, modified, altered)

"The children challenged their father's will."
(challenged, contested)

Used with prepositions:

"He held her against her will."
(against)

"You should be able to come and go at your own will."
(at)

"She didn't leave anything to her children in her will."
(in)