capriciously
Example Sentences
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Every day, there are stories of researchers seeing their life's work being capriciously destroyed without any thought or consideration for the value they bring to the country's economic and social well-being.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2025
The pursuit for better never ends and capriciously it brings no guarantees of improvement.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025
We are given the choice of either embracing the proven past or, to quote the rest of the title of Hyde’s capriciously edifying new book, “Getting Past the Past.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2020
The justice channeled his inner Scalia, drawing upon a deep skepticism of the government’s power to capriciously punish citizens and immigrants alike.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2018
Although neophyte writers may repeat a simple sentence structure to the point of inanity, most writers go to the opposite extreme and vary their syntax capriciously.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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