Examples of 'whim' in a sentence

Meaning of "whim"

Whim is a noun that signifies a sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained
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  • A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea.
  • A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes
  • To be seized with a whim; to be capricious.
  • A bird, the Eurasian wigeon.

How to use "whim" in a sentence

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This whim does not surprise me from you.
You can still whim at the source.
A whim is not a whim if it can be explained or rationalized.
Things done on a whim do not always work out.
Caesar did not choose the boy on a whim.
Just a mere whim and a fancy of youth.
I assure you this is not a little whim.
He has this whim to know who he married.
The comfort of being able to check out on a whim.
Forgive the whim of the newly baptized.
I once gave it to a certain little girl on a whim.
Think of it as the whim of an erratic tea master.
This is much too important to be decided on a whim.
Depends on the whim of the minds of a woman.
I am nothing more than a whim for you.

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It was not on a whim that he decided to turn south.
But see the gracious whim of fate.
On the whim of civilized men like yourself.
You are not at the whim of male opinions.
A company wiped out for a political whim.
I do not have a whim which might interfere.
You can not get married on a whim.
It was either on a whim or to annoy his parents.
And death to all intruders is their whim.
You are not at the whim of these energies.
I can punt you outta here on a whim.
You live at the whim of your government.
We can not give in to his every whim.
Perhaps it was done on a whim or without the proper analysis.
I want a staff to cater to our every whim.
And tied at the whim of their tormentors.
These are not regular ships to be chosen at a whim.
Emmett had a whim to wrestle with an anaconda.
You can not kill people on a whim.
Who starts crusades on a whim and disappears.
I can not just take it off on a whim.
Winning is not his whim but a habit.
I entrust their fate to your gracious whim.
My consent to this cruel whim will be denied.
The scourge of sickness afflicts us at its whim.
He misuses law to his whim and fancy.
I employed brutal and coercive methods at whim.
We do not make recommendations on a whim or without reflection.
I heard he could appear and disappear at whim.
Our livelihoods are at the whim of globalized forces.
You are an airhead champion who gives up on a whim.
But we are not at the whim of the wind.
You have not done this only a whim.
Not ruled by the whim of his horse.
Every minute spent at your own whim.

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