whim

Example Sentences

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While China's space programme has been historically slower, "it won't change course at the whim of its leadership either".

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Lens added that their domestic league risks being "gradually relegated to the status of an adjustment variable at the whim of the European imperatives of some".

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

So on a whim, we began to look into buying a house in Serbia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

But as the stock market seemed to be telling us Monday, even a whim of iron can be very, very costly.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Yet their generosity was so wholehearted it looked like carelessness, and they did their best to satisfy every whim Hagar had.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison