How to Use whim in a Sentence
whim
noun
- It's hard to predict voters' whims.
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You’re tied, from morning til evening, to the whims of the flock.
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Sam Tabachnik,
The Denver Post,
1 Sep. 2024
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Many a band sink beneath the whims of its ebbs and flows.
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Paul Fitzgerald,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2024
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On a whim, Jess Wade typed out her first Wikipedia page five years ago.
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Sydney Page,
Washington Post,
17 Oct. 2022
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And then all of us have to adjust when the airlines change their rules at whim.
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Jacobina Martin,
Washington Post,
22 Sep. 2023
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Stains of rotting fruit spread and shadow at the sun’s whim.
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Elisa Gonzalez,
The New Yorker,
2 Aug. 2021
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Steve did not decide to stay with Peggy on a whim in Endgame.
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Chris Smith,
BGR,
28 July 2021
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And those old Yankees tapes aren’t played on a whim, either.
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Karl Schneider,
The Indianapolis Star,
10 Aug. 2022
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Mattie Friberg, 25, applied to Date Lab on a whim last year.
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Prachi Gupta,
Washington Post,
14 July 2022
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Alex lived at the whims of his central nervous system, and the first thing that tamed it was weed.
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Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2024
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But the position’s longevity depends on the whims of who’s in charge.
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Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2024
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The point is, Oscar voters don’t bend to the whim of online chatter.
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Clayton Davis,
Variety,
30 Dec. 2021
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One day, on a whim, Mr. Carter hired him as his assistant.
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Moira Hodgson,
WSJ,
22 Apr. 2022
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Get lucky at the whim of the algorithm — cross your fingers and just upload.
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Danny Garcia,
Rolling Stone,
17 Aug. 2022
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All other rights are at the whim of whoever is running the state.
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Brynn Tannehill,
The New Republic,
12 Dec. 2022
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Yet streaming is still conducted at the whims of the majors.
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WIRED,
19 Sep. 2023
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How did humans start catering to the whims of canines rather than the other way around?
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Sam Apple,
New York Times,
14 Mar. 2024
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The system was already in place whereby the income of many workers was at the whim of the customers.
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Jacobina Martin,
Washington Post,
15 Apr. 2024
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Their first gig was almost a whim, after a friend asked them to perform.
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Lauren Daley,
BostonGlobe.com,
27 July 2022
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Chance—then thought to reflect the whim of God—could, in fact, be studied and systematized.
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Kelly Clancy,
Scientific American,
16 July 2024
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At the end of his tour with Silver, Maupin decided to give Morgan a call on a whim.
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Washington Post,
27 Aug. 2021
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Brooks Keebey, of Salem, bought $10 worth of Powerball tickets on a whim.
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oregonlive,
16 Nov. 2022
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While in the air, a dedicated team will cater to your every whim.
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Dana Givens,
Robb Report,
11 Jan. 2023
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From being someone who'd jump on a plane at a whim, he was grounded.
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John Leicester and Mauricio Savarese,
Star Tribune,
1 July 2021
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But who knows what Trump whim will be the next litmus test for remaining in his good graces?
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Dean Obeidallah,
CNN,
10 Oct. 2021
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Why hold elections if the results aren’t respected and can be overturned on a whim of the well-to-do?
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Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2022
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The trip itself was pure whim: Freddie had planned to travel to Japan but couldn’t get a ticket.
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Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
22 Feb. 2023
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Courtney, this isn't, this isn’t somebody just on a whim on Twitter?
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NBC News,
29 Aug. 2021
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Venus shares its dreams and whims with Neptune retrograde in Pisces on 15th October.
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Lisa Stardust,
refinery29.com,
23 Sep. 2024
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Content creators’ careers, because they’re tied to online metrics and the fickle whims of the internet, are volatile.
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Taylor Lorenz,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Oct. 2024
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