whims

Example Sentences

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“It would be absurd to keep going back and forth with the whims of the weather,” Dan Waber, Rainbow Tomatoes Garden’s owner, told Salon Senior Food Editor, Ashlie D. Stevens in June 2025.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

The companies are subject to the whims of the government and have a habit of overproducing, leading to oversupply and falling profits.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

If they bend to the whims of the executive, then their decisions are considered unlawful.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

It depends largely on the whims of traders who whip money in and out of the fund.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Clare spent half his days tending to their whims, but they were a sweet little bunch—adorable, really—short pink stems topped by clusters of yellow buttons.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman