caprice

Their caprice is not divine mystery; it is bald fact.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

It told the BBC that COP presidents are "expected to act without bias, prejudice, favouritism, caprice, self-interest, preference or deference, strictly based on sound, independent and fair judgement".

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2023

It wasn’t “if” early America would fall back under tyranny, the lawless caprice of monarchy, but when.

From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2023

One theatergoer’s mindless fluff is another theatergoer’s inspired caprice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2023

Had all those years, as well as Mom and Dad’s time on the street—not to mention their current life in an abandoned tenement—been a caprice inflicted on us by Mom?

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

There are plenty of times you don't want to be exposed to the individual prejudices and caprices of human beings.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2025

She relished the indomitable nature of our quirks and caprices, their capacity to survive even egregious catastrophe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024

They’re long accustomed to caprices of Mother Nature that can spoil an entire alfalfa cutting with a downpour or generate an especially big yield with a string of blistering days.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2023

When Kinga finally has a revelation, it’s triggered by home videos, records of the past untouched by the caprices of the mind.

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

To Sterne, living among smaller men, these passionate egotisms are dwindled to mere caprices, and a jest becomes more appropriate than a sneer.

From Shelburne Essays, Third Series by More, Paul Elmer