Read the sentences bellow and try to figure the meaning
f A BATTLE OF WILLS.
The President
offered compromises to parliament to defuse the battle of wills over who
should wield power.
Instead I was
getting myself into an increasingly confrontational situation, a battle of
wills, with the Director of Coaching.
A battle of wills, no less,
between pursuer and prey.
This follows
whispers of an alleged battle of wills with manager Don Mackay.
After two days even,
the smallest decision could become an exhausting battle of wills.
A drawn-out battle
of wills began, with my having to stone-wall both in London and on visits
to Moscow.
The battle of
wills between them forms the backbone of the story.
In fact, their battle
of wills is escalating.
Each refusing to
compromise, the husband and wife entered into a battle of wills as they
attempted to negotiate their divorce settlement.
It was a
battle of wills, and Grace's was the stronger.
All that was left
was a mutual struggle, a battle of wills, which became totally
exhausting.
MEANINGS:
If an argument or conflict is a battle of wills, the
person with the strongest beliefs or personality will win.
A competition in which opposing sides are unrelenting
in their attempts to achieve a particular outcome.
A battle of wills is a situation that involves people
who try to defeat each other by refusing to change their own aims or demands
and hoping that their opponents will weaken first.
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