How to Use whim in a Sentence
whim
noun
- It's hard to predict voters' whims.
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You’re tied, from morning til evening, to the whims of the flock.
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Sam Tabachnik,
The Denver Post,
1 Sep. 2024
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The Space Force seemed like a Trump whim at the outset.
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Marina Koren,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2021
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The 43-year-old didn’t just take the polar plunge on a whim, though.
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Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2020
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Many a band sink beneath the whims of its ebbs and flows.
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Paul Fitzgerald,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2024
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On a whim, John asked Big Bob to join them for a late meal.
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Kenneth Womack,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Nov. 2020
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Drafting Jalen Smith wasn't on a whim for the Phoenix Suns.
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Duane Rankin,
The Arizona Republic,
5 Dec. 2020
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On a whim, Jess Wade typed out her first Wikipedia page five years ago.
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Sydney Page,
Washington Post,
17 Oct. 2022
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So Young packed up his life, and his racquet, and moved there on a whim.
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Mark Ellwood,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Dec. 2020
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And then all of us have to adjust when the airlines change their rules at whim.
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Jacobina Martin,
Washington Post,
22 Sep. 2023
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Stains of rotting fruit spread and shadow at the sun’s whim.
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Elisa Gonzalez,
The New Yorker,
2 Aug. 2021
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Steve did not decide to stay with Peggy on a whim in Endgame.
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Chris Smith,
BGR,
28 July 2021
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And those old Yankees tapes aren’t played on a whim, either.
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Karl Schneider,
The Indianapolis Star,
10 Aug. 2022
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Mattie Friberg, 25, applied to Date Lab on a whim last year.
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Prachi Gupta,
Washington Post,
14 July 2022
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Woke' always lives in the present and judges the past by whatever the whim is today.
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Peter Suciu,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2021
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In fairness, that the site was thrown together on a whim adds to its charm.
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Brian Barrett,
Wired,
21 Jan. 2021
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Alex lived at the whims of his central nervous system, and the first thing that tamed it was weed.
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Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2024
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But the position’s longevity depends on the whims of who’s in charge.
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Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2024
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For much of his career, Mr. Cook was known as Roger Cook, thanks to a fourth-grade teacher’s whim.
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New York Times,
25 Feb. 2021
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Indeed, over the decades it’s been moved around at the whim of presidents and Congress.
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Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Nov. 2020
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The point is, Oscar voters don’t bend to the whim of online chatter.
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Clayton Davis,
Variety,
30 Dec. 2021
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One day, on a whim, Mr. Carter hired him as his assistant.
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Moira Hodgson,
WSJ,
22 Apr. 2022
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Get lucky at the whim of the algorithm — cross your fingers and just upload.
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Danny Garcia,
Rolling Stone,
17 Aug. 2022
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All other rights are at the whim of whoever is running the state.
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Brynn Tannehill,
The New Republic,
12 Dec. 2022
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Yet streaming is still conducted at the whims of the majors.
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WIRED,
19 Sep. 2023
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How did humans start catering to the whims of canines rather than the other way around?
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Sam Apple,
New York Times,
14 Mar. 2024
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The system was already in place whereby the income of many workers was at the whim of the customers.
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Jacobina Martin,
Washington Post,
15 Apr. 2024
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Their first gig was almost a whim, after a friend asked them to perform.
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Lauren Daley,
BostonGlobe.com,
27 July 2022
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But Bob, who has always gone his own way, refuses to cater to their whims.
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Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
11 Dec. 2024
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No description can capture the rush of the game or the general anarchy wrought by the whims of the dice and the spontaneity of the players.
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Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
30 Dec. 2024
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