Here am I bound to shine on horseback, willy-nilly. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
"Once you do that, you can't go changing cars willy-nilly.". From Wordnik.com. [Time To Shift To A Higher Gear] Reference
Instead they dispersed willy-nilly as soon as hostilities began. From Wordnik.com. [Hard Times In Iraq] Reference
Barbara, to whom her father forced her to give a refusal willy-nilly. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
There the inmates were compelled, willy-nilly, to lie upon the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben] Reference
We will just sit down, willy-nilly, with Raul Castro or whoever else. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 9, 2008] Reference
The League is on its feet, learning to walk, Senate coteries willy-nilly. From Wordnik.com. [Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him] Reference
Summer group shows, casually drawn from inventory, often feel willy-nilly. From Wordnik.com. [ART REVIEW: 'Stille Post: 7 Curators 7 Artists' at Kinkead Contemporary] Reference
Today, the U.S. military finds itself, willy-nilly, doing all these things. From Wordnik.com. [Our New Civil War] Reference
The place was in tatters, contents scattered willy-nilly, furniture upended. From Wordnik.com. [The Case Of The Limehouse Golem] Reference
Hughes and poor Frere both found themselves forced into battle, willy-nilly. From Wordnik.com. [Jack of Both Sides The Story of a School War] Reference
Yet I doubt not, if he knew the truth, he would marry me willy-nilly to Count. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century] Reference
In a moment he was by my side, and, willy-nilly, forced me into the summer-house. From Wordnik.com. [Orrain A Romance] Reference
Right now, it looks like American support is not going be just handed out willy-nilly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2009] Reference
She and Nan marched Rhoda, willy-nilly, down the room and up the steps to the platform. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch] Reference
Later this year, the FDA will issue proposals governing such willy-nilly terms as "lite.". From Wordnik.com. [New Help For Alice In Groceryland] Reference
He had fallen among thieves -- and, willy-nilly, he would be forced to become one himself. From Wordnik.com. [Starman's Quest] Reference
Since he had decided that she was to travel in his car, travel in it she would, willy-nilly. From Wordnik.com. [The Splendid Folly] Reference
But it's not people who were going into the market willy-nilly and were doing irresponsible things. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 4, 2009] Reference
Now we are getting all kinds of riffraff wandering through our lands stepping on people willy-nilly. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz] Reference
There are men, perhaps, who would have read hope into this letter and have clung to it, willy-nilly. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
In this age of computer-assisted information overload, many of us bounce willy-nilly among work tasks. From Wordnik.com. [Buzzword: Unitasking] Reference
The cans cannot be placed willy-nilly on a sidewalk because it might obstruct a driver's view, for example. From Wordnik.com. [Griper: Trashy mess in Langley Park] Reference
During the 1990s, the Pentagon embarked willy-nilly upon what became its own variant of a settlement policy. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Bacevich: The End of (Military) History? The United States, Israel, and the Failure of the Western Way of War] Reference
These prevent cells from dividing willy-nilly, possibly an evolutionary response aimed at preventing tumor growth. From Wordnik.com. [Scientists Find New Way to Regenerate Tissue] Reference
Our little run around Belgium, a sort of willy-nilly blowing about by the North Sea winds, drew us next to Ostende. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
This willy-nilly negotiating seems at the very least arbitrary and, worse, like some kind of Draconian muscle-flexing. From Wordnik.com. [Striking Out] Reference
That hasn't stopped the Obama Administration, which has been investing willy-nilly in the commercial battery industry. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Sam, Venture Capitalist] Reference
"" Connections are not forming willy-nilly, '' says Dale Purves of Duke University, "" but are promoted by activity. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Your Child's Brain] Reference
Mr. JEFFREY DOUGLAS (Attorney): No one believes that they are providing information willy-nilly to anyone who wants it. From Wordnik.com. [Mom-Daughter Porn Actresses Want Medical Privacy] Reference
"They are definitely much more careful, and they are not just willy-nilly going and making partnerships in China," says. From Wordnik.com. [In China, Western Firms Keep Secrets Close] Reference
The latter has summed up its wisdom in certain abstract immovable formulas which it intends willy-nilly to impose on life. From Wordnik.com. [Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement] Reference
In the coming decade, we will be able to play willy-nilly with the sequencing and even the instrumentation of other people's work. From Wordnik.com. [Do You Hear What I Hear?] Reference
'Look here, Armstrong: willy-nilly, you're the champion of a great cause, and you have the sweetest woman in the world to fight for. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
People think this is a book of stories about people who willy-nilly decided, hey, I want to be a circus performer -- that sounds like fun. From Wordnik.com. [What Should I Do With My Life?] Reference
Amy still showed some inclination to hold back, but Mollie and Betty each took an arm and hurried her willy-nilly with them into the woods. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge Or, the hermit of Moonlight falls] Reference
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