whims
Example Sentences
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In her story, we’re all at the mercy of each other’s whims.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
The entire stock market will soon become, for all intents and purposes, the meme-stock market, and your retirement accounts are at the mercy of their whims.
From Slate • May 15, 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
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
She had heard of a religious community in the Netherlands—the Labadists—whose members gave up all material possessions to live simply, away from the whims and fashions of public life.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
