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How to use whimsical in a sentence

26 example sentences · adjective

Whimsical means given to whimsy. Example: “Her whimsical Halloween decorations include dancing skeletons who sing an eerie song.”

Examples of whimsical by meaning

adjectiveGiven to whimsy.

  • Her lips wavered into a smile—she had been distracted by the whimsical remembrance of the confidences she had made to him, two years earlier, in that very room.1905, Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC
  • Lovers of the movies may well date a new screen era from the day those whimsical pantomimers set their wholesome and humane talent at the service of the arc light and the lens.1919, Christopher Morley, “(please specify the page)”, in The Haunted Bookshop, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC
  • There is nothing innocuous, innocent or whimsical in a Totalitarian society, at least in the public sphere.2020 September 25, Charles Hugh Smith, The Road to Nowhere: Whatever Can't Be Politicized Ceases to Exist

More sentences with whimsical

  • Her whimsical Halloween decorations include dancing skeletons who sing an eerie song.From the entry skeleton
  • The film is an anthology of three whimsical short stories set in France in the mid-20th Century.2021 July 12, Nicholas Barber, “The French Dispatch: Four stars for Wes Anderson's latest”, in BBC. From the entry punningly
  • There aren’t many classic breakfast dishes that can be described as whimsical.2019, America’s Test Kitchen, The Complete Baby and Toddler Cookbook: The Very Best Purees, Finger Foods, and Toddler Meals for Happy…. From the entry egg in a hole
  • A pampers—from where might Hudson Bay’s notoriously whimsical currents have brought it?2016, Lawrence Millman, chapter 23, in At the End of the World: A True Story of Murder in the Arctic, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books…. From the entry pampers
  • For the majority of the film, Homer drifts ignobly from whimsical act to mindless doltery.2012, Deirdre M. Pike, Enviro-Toons: Green Themes in Animated Cinema and Television, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, pages 64 and 65. From the entry ignobly
  • Theodor Seuss Geisel, the author and illustrator whose whimsical fantasies written under the pen name Dr.1991 September 26, Eric Pace, “Dr. Seuss, Modern Mother Goose, Dies at 87”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry Theodor
  • Muslim women can be talaqed instantly, and thrown into the streets by whimsical husbands.1987, Srikanta Ghosh, Muslim Politics in India, page 46. From the entry talaq
  • The upward dart of a droll, pointed moustache has been modern and whimsical and masqueradish.1908, Austin Brereton, The life of Henry Irving. From the entry masqueradish
  • Fairycore also exists as an ode to the fairytales we read growing up, primarily consisting of whimsical, fairy-like clothing.2022 June 30, Vianna C. Villegas, “The Gen Z Guide to Dressing ‘Clean’”, in The Philippine Star. From the entry fairycore
  • But they will be charming imbrogli because the Italian people are charming, down to the whimsical tone of their language.2010 July, Erica Jong, “My Italy”, in Barrie Kerper, editor, Tuscany and Umbria: The Collected Traveler (An Inspired Companion Guide), New…. From the entry imbroglio
  • It's not dorky, not too whimsical, and not too stuck-up.2010, Rob Sachs, What Would Rob Do?, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN. From the entry rachel
  • The pizza joint is similarly locavorous and similarly whimsical.2010 May 26, Devra First, “Whimsical flourishes at EVOO”, in Boston Globe. From the entry locavorous
  • What could be more whimsical than Baked Alaska, the flamboyant assemblage of hot meringue and cold ice cream?1997, Sarah Eppenbach, Baked Alaska: Recipes for Sweet Comforts from the North Country, Anchorage, Ak.: Alaska Northwest Books, →ISBN. From the entry baked Alaska
  • His interlocutor was whimsical if not downright fey.1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy. From the entry fey
  • Milne based on Kenneth Grahame’s “The Wind in the Willows.” It is very whimsical and Winnie-the-Poohish and altogether Milnesome.1932 December 1, Philip Page, “Plays That Even Fine Acting Cannot Save: Irene Vanbrugh Returning to the Stage in an Edna Ferber Story”, in…. From the entry Winnie-the-Poohish
  • Until our economy went kerflooey, it was a whimsical reverie about the life that you could swap for the one that you were leading.2009 February 8, David Segal, “What’s Your New Plan B?”, in New York Times. From the entry kerflooey
  • Could they still include the kinds of playful animations Ballinger had specced now that the scenes were more realistic-looking and less whimsical?1995, Fred Moody, I Sing the Body Electronic: A Year with Microsoft on the Multimedia Frontier. From the entry spec
  • This book invites you to immerse yourself in the whimsical and hilarious world of eyebombing; the art of sticking googly eyes on unsuspecting objects to unleash the joy within.2023 June 15, M T McGuire, “Eyebomb, Therefore I am, coming soon …”, in Hamgee, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2024. From the entry eyebombing
  • Whimsical, colorful, diverse and tested for both comfort and durability, the wide array of unusual seating options at Changi's T4 are designed to be both inviting and Instagramable.2017 November 5, Harriet Baskas, “Singapore: ‘World’s best airport’ opens sparkling Instagram-worthy new terminal”, in USA Today, McLean…. From the entry Instagrammable
  • Most of the time when I create characters or stories, I try to make it as close to realistic as possible while still making it whimsical and other worldly.2014 August 8, @ClarktoonCrossing, “My deviantSTORY”, in DeviantArt. From the entry giraffesona
  • Most futurists and even some zoologists tend toward the whimsical: late-late-show killer ants, say, or playful monsters that put one in mind of Lewis Carroll's frumious Bandersnatch.1981 September 28, Peter Stoler, “The Once and Future Zoo”, in Time. From the entry put someone in mind of
  • Here I've brought the two dishes together – it isn't traditional or authentic, but instead I offer you my whimsical tribute to memory of those exciting flavours (and good times).2023 October 10, Theo A. Michaels, Theo's Family Kitchen: 75 recipes for fast, feel good food at home, Ryland Peters & Small, →ISBN, page 54. From the entry pho-men
  • Even the putatively innocuous whimsical shapes and designs of cakes and pastry, notably in Central Europe, retain to this day the phallic concept, the cryptic induration of the aphrodisiac function.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii. From the entry cryptic

Meaning of whimsical

  1. adjective Given to whimsy.

Full definition of whimsical

Questions about whimsical in a sentence

How do you use whimsical in a sentence?
Whimsical is used as an adjective. For example: “Her whimsical Halloween decorations include dancing skeletons who sing an eerie song.”
What is a short sentence with whimsical?
“His interlocutor was whimsical if not downright fey.”
What does whimsical mean?
Whimsical means given to whimsy.

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