caprice
Example Sentences
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But we live now at the intersection of presidential instinct and personal caprice.
There are plenty of times you don't want to be exposed to the individual prejudices and caprices of human beings.
From Salon
She relished the indomitable nature of our quirks and caprices, their capacity to survive even egregious catastrophe.
From Los Angeles Times
“Marie-Jeanne became a way to think about the private Fanon,” Shatz said, “his vanity and contradictions, his caprice and his warmth. I felt that through her I could offer a more humane portrait.”
From Los Angeles Times
They’re long accustomed to caprices of Mother Nature that can spoil an entire alfalfa cutting with a downpour or generate an especially big yield with a string of blistering days.
From Seattle Times
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