How to use whim in a sentence

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• We hope that the event will go ahead, but we are at the whim of the weather.From the entry at
• Our group leader proved highly ineffectual, caving to every whim put forth by the other members.From the entry ineffectual
• I always wanted someone to cater to my every whim.From the entry cater
• They might come or not, according to their whim.From the entry according to
• Nontenured teachers can be eliminated at whim, but as soon as they get tenure they are bulletproof: you'll never get rid of one.From the entry nontenured
• In contrast, the drosophilas of Hawaii owe their oddity entirely to the whims of natural selection.2006, Alan Burdick, Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion, page 127. From the entry drosophila
• They follow their whims and freely admit that they have done so.1997 February 18, Richard K Harrison, “Naturalismo e schematicismo, un problema in linguas auxiliar”, in sci.lang (Usenet). From the entry auxlanger
• As if it was trivial for us, a frill, a whim.1985, Margaret Atwood, “Jezebel’s”, in The Handmaid’s Tale, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, part 12, page 237. From the entry frill
• This yearning to hear the pitter-patter of penguin feet is no sudden whim.1970 April 19, Pat McDonnell, “Project Penguin fowls out”, in Independent Press-Telegram, volume 19, number 36, Long Beach, Calif., →OCLC…. From the entry pitter-patter
• It is considered unfannish to cater to the whims and desires of readers.1958, Ralph Merridette Holland, Ghu's Lexicon, Fanzine, page 9. From the entry unfannish
• Observe, I say, opinion—conscientious opinion, not whim or personal inclination or prejudice.”1924, The Life and Work of Mary Aikenhead: Foundress of the Congregation of Irish Sisters of Charity, 1787-1858, by a Member of the…. From the entry consultress
• Hand and heart may ache : But idle whims shall not make thee a gaud.1919, Melancthon Woolsey Stryker, Vesper bells. From the entry forseek
• It was the Duke’s whim to condescend further in the direction of Noaks than in any other.1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company…. From the entry plexus
• Parageustia may occur in gastric troubles, and is sometimes responsible for the dietary whims of pregnant women.1904, William Henry Allchin, A Manual of Medicine, volume 5, page 98. From the entry hypergeustia
• Once, on a confident whim, I approached the group of popular girls in an attempt to broaden my circle.2017, Allyson Kennedy, Can't Beat the Heart of a Carolina Girl. From the entry clone
• Oh, she's just a passing whim of Ross's.2012, Rosemary Hammond, The Perfect Male, →ISBN. From the entry beach girl
• The old fart had catered to Catherine’s every whim.2001, Julie Garwood, chapter 7, in Mercy, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 73. From the entry know which side of the bread is buttered
• Motorcycles are supposed to fit people, not bend the rider into a shape dictated by the whim of fashion.1979 February, “Yamaha XS100 Special: Cycle World Tests: With Flash or Without, the Eleven is Still Big, Strong and Stable”, in Allan…. From the entry sit-up-and-beg
• God help the husband that obliges his wife's least whim: he'll be a wittol ere he's two years wed!1960, John Barth, The Sot-Weed Factor. From the entry wittol
• What labour there was, particularly maintenance personnel, worked inefficiently and staff were prone to down tools at the whim of the local shop steward.2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 39. From the entry inefficiently
• Germany’s government said press freedom must not be switched “on and off on a whim” and Downing Street also raised concerns over the suspensions.2022 December 16, Dan Milmo, Rowena Mason, Alex Hern, “Twitter’s suspension of journalists sets ‘dangerous precedent’, UN warns”, in The…. From the entry on a whim
• I found it extremely luxe that there was a stack of large-format Moleskines you could take at your whim from the cabinet behind the receptionist.2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN. From the entry luxe
• Really, I can't understand why anyone would want to work in a restaurant, pandering to the random whims of the great unhosed.2011, Carlos Alba, Kane's Ladder, Birlinn, →ISBN. From the entry great unhosed
• He had a beautiful, faithless wife and a stadiumful of friends who drank his drinks and indulged his whims and privately considered him a fool.2008, Edward Gorman, Rough Cut and New, Improved Murder, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 37. From the entry stadiumful
• One day is no worse than the next for El Caucho; so it's a whim when he starts bending his elbow or ties one on.2002, Jacques Stephen Alexis, In the Flicker of an Eyelid, page 32. From the entry bend one's elbow
• "You didn't object to spending an occasional night in a comfortable bed so don't try to shift the dwindling cash onto my whims.2001 02, Geri Crowder, The Cat's-Eye, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 138. From the entry raise someone's shackles
• You vile auxlangers will not admit that you have yielded to whims, choosing instead to concoct elaborate webs of rationalization about your imaginary future users.1997 February 18, Richard K Harrison, “Naturalismo e schematicismo, un problema in linguas auxiliar”, in sci.lang (Usenet). From the entry auxlanger
• Because the hook-and-loop backing doesn't deteriorate, you can remove and reattach abrasives at whim and use them until the abrasive particles completely wear out.1997 March, “Dust ports and sandpaper”, in Thomas Klenck, editor, Popular Mechanics, volume 174, number 3, Hearst Communications, Home &…. From the entry H&L
• It was shortly after my forty-fifth that I stopped in Hampstead to buy, on a whim, a mushroom crêpe from a crêperie stall.1992, Maureen Lipman, When's it Coming Out?, →ISBN, page 73. From the entry crêperie
• Fifty-eight years ago Jolyon had become an Eton boy, for old Jolyon's whim had been that he should be canonised at the greatest possible expense.1921 September, John Galsworthy, “Old Jolyon Walks”, in To Let, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 229. From the entry canonize
• For years, this hardscrabble outpost was controlled by an aging warlord, an ally of Myanmar’s brutal military junta, who ran his fiefdom largely according to his own whims.2025 July 18, Timothy McLaughlin, “A Rebel Army Is Building a Rare-Earth Empire on China's Border. The Kachin Independence Organization…. From the entry Pangwa
• More food trends subject to the whims of the moment are the rainbow bagel, raindrop cake, faro, party brunch, and our favorite for now, the cronut.2017, Kevin Nelson, Foodie Snob, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 48. From the entry raindrop cake
• Of course, celebrities and social media influencers have been ‘gramming plandids from the start—with the help of employed assistants or professional photographers to capture their posed un-poses at whim.2017 August 29, Andrea Cheng, “What Is a ‘Plandid’? Here’s Why Celebrities Are All About This Instagram Trend”, in Billboard. From the entry plandid
• Literary unity demands that once a eucatastrophe happens it must be accepted as part of the story rather than as an arbitrary whim of the author.2015, John J. Davenport, quoting Eleanor Helms, “The Virtues of Ambivalence: Wholeheartedness as Existential Telos and the Unwillable…. From the entry eucatastrophe
• The sneering goblin barked, “Where are you going with this dwarf?” “He shall be relegated to the whim of the dungeon-master,” answered the Tierian leading them.2014, Steven David Sims, “Jarumon”, in Marlsbeth, [North Charleston, S.C.]: [CreateSpace], →ISBN, page 101. From the entry dungeon-master
• I see that corns, that warts, that old, gray thoughts need to be cut away by my sapphire ideas, my Uranian mind and my daffodilly whims.1986, Hyacinthe Hill, “Aquarius”, in Poetry and the Stars, Putnam Valley, N.Y.: Scop and Gleeman Publishers, →ISBN, page 78. From the entry daffodilly
• And in a normaller company it would be the wardrobe room, too, but costumery is my infantile name for it and the actors go along with my little whims.1963, Fritz Leiber, “No Great Magic”, in Galaxy Magazine, volume 22, New York, N.Y.: Galaxy Publishing Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page…. From the entry normaller

Meaning of whim

1. noun A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea.
2. noun A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes.
3. verb To be seized with a whim; to be capricious.

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Questions about whim in a sentence

How do you use whim in a sentence?

Whim is used as a noun and verb. For example: “We hope that the event will go ahead, but we are at the whim of the weather.”

What is a short sentence with whim?

“Oh, she's just a passing whim of Ross's.”

What does whim mean?

Whim means a fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea.