Sentence examples for capricious for from inspiring English sources

The phrase "capricious for" is not a commonly used phrase in written English, and it is not grammatically correct.
Instead, you could use the phrase "capricious in regard to" or "capricious when it comes to." Here is an example sentence using one of those phrases: I never know what type of music my boss will want to listen to in the office - she is so capricious in regard to her music tastes.

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Investors complain that China's system is capricious, for instance.

Coats are not in mothballs quite yet; the weather is still much too capricious for that.

Even this feels too capricious for MoMA, at least in these galleries.

In the first of his new decisions, he found the approval of Arkansas's work rule by Alex M. Azar II, the health and human services secretary, was "arbitrary and capricious" for a similar reason.

And the administration's prospects for success don't look great at this point, considering the judge hearing the oral arguments previously called the Department of Health and Human Services "arbitrary and capricious" for approving work requirements at all.

The Other Guys has some hilarious moments, but they are too capricious for the film to hang together with the chiselled precision and riotous absurdity fostered by truly great comedy screenplays.

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Mayor Bloomberg has made no secret of his feelings about teacher employment, going so far as to ask for an arbitrary and capricious standard for dismissing us.

"In our complaint, we argue that the reckless choice to rescind DACA violated the constitution as well as federal laws that help ensure our government treat everyone fairly and transparently," said Becerra who also said the government violated federal statutes for making "arbitrary and capricious decisions for no good reason".

Anyone who regularly reads this column knows that I am not shy about criticizing the T.S.A. for capricious overreach, and for unnecessarily heavy-handed hassling of the flying public.

It's been a capricious month for awards.

Fame can be a capricious thing, for any kind of beast.

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