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Example sentences for: willy-nilly

How can you use “willy-nilly” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

And now to Him that giveth and taketh away and doeth exceeding great good to all that loveth Him and doeth his will willy-nilly, may the words of my mouth and the meditations of mine heart be acceptable to all of you and to both of you this day and henceforth forever, Amen.
Among the first group are many children's words-- Georgy-Porgy, Henny-Penny, Turkey-Lurkey, kitchy-kitchy, lippity-lippity, piggly-wiggly . Among the second are fuddy-duddy, funny-money, hoity-toity, hokey-pokey, namby-pamby, shilly-shally, silly-billy, ticky-tacky, wishy-washy , and the double cited above, willy-nilly . The power gained through rhyme and rhythm seems to be directed by the diminutive suffix toward favorable or unfavorable meanings.
Buchanan throws in tenuous assertions and crusty old theories willy-nilly, regardless of their provenance.
I have, willy-nilly, frequently been nudged into the use of such slang simply in order not to stick out like a sore thumb among others using it.
It is tempting, when presented with any list of unattractive qualities--and let's assume copious drooling is unattractive--to apply it willy-nilly to our ideological foes.