Sentence examples for whim would be from inspiring English sources

This conference, organized on a Presidential whim, would be a free-for-all.

"We have to be sensitive to the industry's point of view, as well; for EPA to require such tests on a whim would be a very expensive proposition," he says.

Indeed major responsibilities are borne by the clinicians prescribing and administering him drugs at the patient's whim, which ultimately would be likely to act as cumulative respiratory depressants.

He wrote to the aging Mr. Roman on a whim, asking if he would be interested in selling the company.

Or if goal sounds too lofty (as it does to me sometimes!), brainstorm some dreams, whims, or stuff that would be amazing to be involved with.

The box was more than a box, it was a butler, and the more it learned about its master's whims, the more it would be able to fetch what its master wanted.

Think for a moment: if previous board members had hocked the family jewels to follow a passing whim in acquisitions, the galleries would be bare.

Unless there is a clause in her contract that says she can be slung out on a whim, I reckon the BBC would be in breach if it removed her from the contest.

IF EVER an industry had reason to complain about the whims of the stockmarket, it would be investment banking.

Not by encouraging design that is counter to the whims of the market (that would be positively un-American), but by inspiring work that might also thrive in economic down times, when the demand for star dust may abate, but a toothbrush, a stapler and a roof over one's head will still be welcome conveniences.

(That "is not the sort of decision I would be taking on a whim," said Hunt).