when the mood strikes
Example Sentences
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The pieces are easy to change out when the mood strikes.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2022
A vision in face paint and elaborate headgear, Xianniang can assume other human forms and, when the mood strikes her, erupt into a mighty flock of birds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2020
And others will prefer to share when the mood strikes them rather than invite Facebook to nag them.
From The Verge ● Nov. 9, 2015
Mr. Blackley is certainly gorgeous and can throw a sweet smile or a brooding pout at the camera when the mood strikes.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2014
“Ah yes. How it’s all right to burn our clothes when the mood strikes us because we’re going to die young?”
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
