Sentence examples for for a whim from inspiring English sources

The gains of recent years, in terms of attacking intent, are being sacrificed for a whim.

Some have been burned intentionally to allow the development of pastures or to allow the cultivation of food plants, or just for a whim, such as that started in Valle Inglés on Masatierra (Juan Fernández Islands) by men heading to the California gold fields in 1849 (Woodward, 1969).

Robert McCrum on the threat of digitization and free books: "Words that get written for money are likely to be superior to words spun out for nothing, on a whim".

I went looking for him on a whim, just because I felt like it.

In 2011, Rwandan/Ugandan, Illinois-born jazz artist Somi left her New York home for Lagos on a whim.

Mr. Berke ran for mayor on a whim, after his best friend, Andrew Resnick, the son of the late Abe Resnick, a Miami Beach real estate magnate with a street named after him, floated the idea in jest.

The method of blogging allows for publication on a whim, when the mood strikes, making the "blogverse," as some like to call it, one of the first places to look for reactions to the happenings of the day, and in specific areas of interest.

This year I dressed up as Lenny Kravitz for Halloween on a whim.

The most special thing about those shoes is that they were the only unnecessary item my frugal mother ever bought for me on a whim.

I want you to have your life, for you decide on a whim to travel for a few weeks.

Tremlett Sr "lost" his bowling after being picked for England, almost on a whim after a startling performance for Somerset at Lord's in 1947.