Sentence examples for of the arbitrary from inspiring English sources

You sense an anxious risk and a wariness of the arbitrary.

While this takes punishment out of the arbitrary realm of private vengeance, it marginalises the victim.

No genuine choice is ever simply a matter of the arbitrary exercise of will.

Unicom became a symbol of the arbitrary nature of contracts in China.

Mikes rightly saw that most social codes partook of the arbitrary and the absurd.

There's an element of the arbitrary about such lists, but this one does feel significant.

In this interim, the Democrats will continue their criticism of the arbitrary decision by the Miami-Dade Canvassing Board.

The Armenian singer Sona Avagyan was another to fall foul of the arbitrary incarceration – not once but twice.

Much is left to the judgment of individual police officers, and that can put us squarely in the realm of the arbitrary.

Western fairy tales have a long history of exploring just this theme — trying to make moral sense of the arbitrary rewards of physical beauty.

But "The Fortunes" is powerful as a chronicle of perpetual frustration, as each new generation grows aware of the arbitrary line between margin and mainstream.