How to Use whim in a Sentence

whim

noun

• It's hard to predict voters' whims.
• You’re tied, from morning til evening, to the whims of the flock.
  — Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
• Many a band sink beneath the whims of its ebbs and flows.
  — Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2024
• On a whim, Jess Wade typed out her first Wikipedia page five years ago.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2022
• And then all of us have to adjust when the airlines change their rules at whim.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
• Stains of rotting fruit spread and shadow at the sun’s whim.
  — Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2021
• And those old Yankees tapes aren’t played on a whim, either.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Aug. 2022
• Mattie Friberg, 25, applied to Date Lab on a whim last year.
  — Prachi Gupta, Washington Post, 14 July 2022
• Alex lived at the whims of his central nervous system, and the first thing that tamed it was weed.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
• But the position’s longevity depends on the whims of who’s in charge.
  — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2024
• The point is, Oscar voters don’t bend to the whim of online chatter.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 30 Dec. 2021
• One day, on a whim, Mr. Carter hired him as his assistant.
  — Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
• Get lucky at the whim of the algorithm — cross your fingers and just upload.
  — Danny Garcia, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2022
• All other rights are at the whim of whoever is running the state.
  — Brynn Tannehill, The New Republic, 12 Dec. 2022
• Yet streaming is still conducted at the whims of the majors.
  — WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
• How did humans start catering to the whims of canines rather than the other way around?
  — Sam Apple, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• The system was already in place whereby the income of many workers was at the whim of the customers.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
• Their first gig was almost a whim, after a friend asked them to perform.
  — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2022
• Chance—then thought to reflect the whim of God—could, in fact, be studied and systematized.
  — Kelly Clancy, Scientific American, 16 July 2024
• At the end of his tour with Silver, Maupin decided to give Morgan a call on a whim.
  — Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2021
• Brooks Keebey, of Salem, bought $10 worth of Powerball tickets on a whim.
  — oregonlive, 16 Nov. 2022
• While in the air, a dedicated team will cater to your every whim.
  — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 11 Jan. 2023
• But who knows what Trump whim will be the next litmus test for remaining in his good graces?
  — Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 10 Oct. 2021
• Why hold elections if the results aren’t respected and can be overturned on a whim of the well-to-do?
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2022
• The trip itself was pure whim: Freddie had planned to travel to Japan but couldn’t get a ticket.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
• Courtney, this isn't, this isn’t somebody just on a whim on Twitter?
  — NBC News, 29 Aug. 2021
• But Day says the brewery wasn’t a whim, rather a passion the two have researched and planned thoroughly.
  — oregonlive, 30 July 2021
• Though the island is only 35 square miles, renting a car will give you the freedom to wander on a whim.
  — Michelle Stansbury, Marie Claire, 18 Oct. 2021
• There were, of course, plenty of recurring features and characters, but page-to-page, the humor and style matched the whims of the talent and kept Mad from getting stale.
  — Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
• The livestock industry recognized what animal rights activists had not: Demand for its products could not be left up to the whims of consumer choice.
  — Crystal Heath, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024