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a sudden desire that arises without any logical explanation- They flew to Paris on a whim.
whim = a sudden desire that arises without any logical explanation
- This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.James Reston
- A schedule defends from chaos and whim.Annie Dillard
- Each spare moment in the boys' daily schedule was spent catering to Mr. Krupp's every whim.Dav Pilkey -- Captain Underpants (# 1)
- Therefore it cannot be destroyed by the whim of one.Ayn Rand -- Anthem
- Say he got to depend on your whim.August Wilson -- The Piano Lesson
- It is an airy and comfortable room as any one need wish, and, of course, I would not be so silly as to make him uncomfortable just for a whim.Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- The Yellow Wallpaper
- This is some passing whim of your wife, due to some cause or causes which you and I needn't try to fathom.Chopin, Kate -- The Awakening and Selected Short Stories
- It is but a whim of mine.Dickens, Charles -- The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- Indeed, Van Baerle's happiness depended on the whim of this man.Dumas, Alexandre -- The Black Tulip
- It was his whim to drink beer, and to have me drink beer with him.London, Jack -- John Barleycorn
- Just for a whim of his own, goodness only knows why, he leaves me and locks me up alone in the country.Tolstoy, Leo -- War and Peace
- As Americans, we want peace — we work and sacrifice for peace. But there can be no peace if our security depends on the will and whims of a ruthless and aggressive dictator. I'm not willing to stake one American life on trusting Saddam Hussein.George W. Bush
- Those memories of days when I, a slave To the whims and quirks of males, Was but a demoniac fool and the street was all my shelter.Boris Pasternak -- Doctor Zhivago
- She always carried the fear that she could he sent hack on a whim, even though repatriation had long been over.Pam Munoz Ryan -- Esperanza Rising
- Farmers live on the whim of the weather and the ground.David Baldacci -- Wish You Well
- On a whim, I pick up a newspaper.Ellen Hopkins -- Glass
- You remember that the affair of the blue carbuncle, which appeared to be a mere whim at first, developed into a serious investigation.Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- TITANIA If her whims the wife control, And the man berate her, Take him to the Northern Pole, And her to the Equator!Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) -- Faust
- Spontaneity and whim are the order of the day.Tom Stoppard -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
whim = unimportant wish or desire that has no logical explanation
whim = a sudden desire that arises without any logical explanation
whim = a sudden desire that arises without any logical explanation (and so in not dependable or predictable)
whim = sudden desire that arises without any logical explanation
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