whims in English
she bought it on a whim
Work was soon hampered by an inflow of large volumes of underground water in several shafts, keeping the whims occupied day and night.
Use "whims" in a sentence
1. I will not indulge your childish whims.
2. Crotchety definition, given to odd notions, whims, grouchiness, etc
3. Simply means submission to the whims of a madman.
4. ECONOMIST: REPORTS The whims of politicians even manage to Befuddle Washington experts.
5. This page shows answers to the clue Crotchety.Crotchety may be defined as “Of the nature of a crotchet”, “Given to crotchets; subject to whims” and “Given to odd notions, whims, grouchiness, etc
6. At (someone's) Behest Done according to the whims or commands of someone else
7. The mate observed regretfully that he could not account for that young fellow's whims.
8. Crotchety definition is - given to crotchets : subject to whims, crankiness, or ill temper
9. But healthy, durable enterprises refuse to pander to the transitory whims of their clienteles.
10. This is usually performed extempore, following the whims of the singer, musician and/or dancer.
11. 20 But healthy, durable enterprises refuse to pander to the transitory whims of their clienteles.
12. Literary awards are vulnerable to partisan whims and odd impulses, a notion that consoles every disappointed contender.
13. It is no longer “a fluttering heart”, allured by momentary whims, shunning disagreements and seeking petty satisfactions.
14. Lubumbashi has long lived by the whims of distant global markets, its booms unfailingly followed by busts.
15. Once rather harmless Caimans, today resilient beasts - the selection changed them according to the whims of their lizard masters
16. What remained of its ethnic population had to be subservient to the whims of its overlords in the Kremlin.
17. It cried out to be fondled, yanked, and squeezed, and I bowed to its whims with a willing heart.
18. At this very moment, other hoteliers no doubt are busy conducting surveys designed to pinpoint our newest whims.
19. 22 But he chose a drastic method of staving off wrinkles, a potbelly , the whims of a fickle public.
20. 25 What remained of its ethnic population had to be subservient to the whims of its overlords in the Kremlin.
21. Bow to the whims of an ancient plague, the power to mystify and a cure of your own inner demons.
22. We could turn to the law for justice rather than depend on the mercurial whims of some benevolent or dictatorial boss.
23. It is, however, unsatisfactory to have the general content of policy dependent on the whims of the Secretary of State.
24. With the reduction in foreign investments, the government will be even more a hostage to the whims of the international oil price.
25. 28 We could turn to the law for justice rather than depend on the mercurial whims of some benevolent or dictatorial boss.
26. Crotchety (comparative crotchetier or more Crotchety, superlative crotchetiest or most Crotchety) Cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies
27. In The English Dialect Dictionary (London, 1898), the English philologist Joseph Wright (1855-1930) remarked that the similar-sounding plural noun of unknown origin antrims, also Antrums and antherums, meant “airs, whims, caprices, with an implication of temper”.
28. 1841, Edgar Allan Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue: It was a freak of fancy in my friend (for what else shall I call it?) to be enamored of the Night for her own sake; and into this Bizarrerie, as into all his others, I quietly fell; giving myself up to his wild whims with a perfect abandon.· A bizarre thing