At root, however, the fear of adulthood that Easton Ellis described so feverishly in his novel is just the dawning, horrible realisation that, to be a "successful" adult, you must succumb to the tyranny of bewildering, capricious choice, and cross your fingers in the hope you get it right, however unlikely that may seem.
She was prone to capricious fashion choices.
With a government-set yardstick for quality, Mr. Tozzi said, critics of regulations can now build more convincing cases showing that an agency was arbitrary and capricious in its choice of data.
Costa choices can seem capricious, and rarely "endorsed" by other prize panels.
But even the winners of the most prestigious awards are chosen by individuals, each with his or her own particular tastes, and the high stakes involved can make those choices even more capricious.
In the book's final chapters, Hughes's authorial choices begin to seem capricious.
Still, the choices were not unreasonable, not capricious and not arbitrary, but were reasoned and reasonable.
Ranging through philosophy, history, belles lettres and biography, one's responses and choices are much more personal, even capricious, and more contingent on education, background, experience and – yes – sheer prejudice.
More likely, Chevron, like the others, has little choice but to play by the Kremlin's capricious rules.
The choice of the victim was, in the normal run of things, capricious.
"We'll keep fighting," he said.With Russia's veterinary and phytosanitary services becoming increasingly capricious and arbitrary in their assessments of foreign foods, some producers may have no choice but to try and sell their products elsewhere.
