whimsy

Readers who might be unaware of this facility should imagine an amusement park minus the fun and whimsy.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

Chanel's artistic director Matthieu Blazy leant into the world of whimsy and fantasy with his haute couture collection.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

In subsequent shows like “Hooray For What,” “Finian’s Rainbow” and “Flahooley,” he would provide astute political commentary, offsetting issues of race and bigotry with whimsy and fantasy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

On opening night, the crowd claps along to the numbers, cheering with delight at each new piece of whimsy that rolls or soars onto the floor-level stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

We’d surrendered to the idea that there was no longer room for impulsiveness and whimsy in our own lives.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

But she’s best known as the artist who was the driving force behind Disneyland staple “It’s a Small World,” still today a gleeful diorama dedicated to childlike whimsies from across the globe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2022

Our tour ended in the men’s dressing room, where a stained-glass skylight depicts Neptune’s daughter and other underwater whimsies in striking blues and greens.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 2020

When our debates are no longer resolved by deliberation over reasons, then the whimsies of power will determine the outcome.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2017

And she in no way, despite her much-expressed gratitude to Donald Davidson, her mentor at Vanderbilt, followed the Agrarians down the path of I’ll Take My Stand and their other neo-Confederate whimsies.

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2014

I thought this jest low; not least because it merely confused Olakunde, who understood it not, and he delivered some looks of confusion before I reassured him and bade him to ignore Bono’s whimsies.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson