whims
Example Sentences
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Naomi was accustomed to Lisa-Kaindé’s whims long before they became professional artists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
It’s just the latest sign that the launch of a whole ecosystem of ETFs has done little to buttress bitcoin against the whims of mercurial investors.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Mr. Strausbaugh notes that the artist often chose chess over painting, as the former contains “clear wins and losses, not subject to the whims of taste.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Wary of being vulnerable to the whims of foreign governments, the European Union is preparing far-reaching new moves to ditch American digital companies and Chinese chips in favour of European alternatives.
From Barron's ● May 30, 2026
But the abbot, although generally tolerant of Mendel’s whims, had intervened: a monk coaxing mice to mate to understand heredity was a little too risqué, even for the Augustinians.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
