whims
Example Sentences
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Wary of being vulnerable to the whims of foreign governments, the European Union is preparing far-reaching new moves to ditch American digital companies and Chinese chips in favour of European alternatives.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
In her story, we’re all at the mercy of each other’s whims.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
If they bend to the whims of the executive, then their decisions are considered unlawful.
From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026
He recalled a drab maze of run-down buildings inside a vast wooded compound whose tedious daily rhythms moved to the whims of wardens that rewarded the cooperative and punished the defiant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Certain whims that he had ridiculed in Alice were now his own.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
