whimsical
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While much of the album feels appropriately bittersweet, McCartney finds plenty of time for whimsical diversions.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
Give your home a French lakeside feel with whimsical patterns from the Clare Vivier X Wallshoppe collab.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Given the seriousness of the King's objectives – with no less than the future of US-UK relations at stake – his speech was, at times, whimsical.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
That’s the whimsical, charged appeal of the Charli XCX-starring “Erupcja,” a mélange of romance, escape and disruptive coincidence in modern Warsaw from American micro-auteur Pete Ohs.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
She’d liked the map of Kerch best, a whimsical drawing of their island nation, surrounded by mermaids swimming in the True Sea and ships blown along by winds depicted as fat-cheeked men.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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