capriciously
Example Sentences
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The pursuit for better never ends and capriciously it brings no guarantees of improvement.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025
And then, just as capriciously as it had burst forth, the drama subsided.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
The Continental Divide takes an indistinct course across Yellowstone’s volcanic highlands, capriciously assigning drainages to the watersheds of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2019
A rule that is unclear and is capriciously enforced is by definition a bad rule and should either be altered or discarded.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2018
Although neophyte writers may repeat a simple sentence structure to the point of inanity, most writers go to the opposite extreme and vary their syntax capriciously.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
