caprice
Example Sentences
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But to mitigate the enormous disruption, the transition cannot be left entirely to the caprice of employers.
From Los Angeles Times
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
And I think he would have liked Dennison’s writing style, lush but clipped, with such phrases as “the ubiquity of caprice” and “buoyant with slang,” full of a reader’s zest.
From New York Times
It will soar off into some life of its own — uncommonly alive and maybe even delighted by its own caprice.
From Washington Post
At that time, she called the reform a “caprice” and a “plan that goes against nature”.
From Reuters
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
