WHIM in a Sentence

Learn WHIM from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

37 example sentences for WHIM, such as:

1. I didn't leave just on a whim.
2. Indeed, my dear, it's not a whim.
3. How can I hide away, the whim of fate.
4. Let him put away his whim now, and he is welcome back.
5. We decided, more or less on a whim, to sail to Morocco.

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whim
 n.  sudden turn or start of mind; temporary eccentricity; fancy; capricious notion
Classic Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1  Twas a foolish, ignorant whim of his crazy, widowed mother, who died when he was only a twelvemonth old.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16. The Ship.
2  This is some passing whim of your wife, due to some cause or causes which you and I needn't try to fathom.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXII
3  It was getting to be more than a passing whim with Arobin to see her and be with her.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXV
4  One morning Ona stayed home, and Jurgis had the man-doctor, according to his whim, and she was safely delivered of a fine baby.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
5  The two waited until his fit had spent itself, to see what new whim would seize him.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
6  Presently some chance whim came to the pestering blur, and it began to coil heavily away.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
7  Clearly they reflected the thoughts which possessed him, but whether the music aided those thoughts, or whether the playing was simply the result of a whim or fancy was more than I could determine.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
8  You think me unsteady: easily swayed by the whim of the moment, easily tempted, easily put aside.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
9  You remember that the affair of the blue carbuncle, which appeared to be a mere whim at first, developed into a serious investigation.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
10  If you were asked to wear any dress which we might give you, you would not object to our little whim.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
11  But the Time Traveller had more than a touch of whim among his elements, and we distrusted him.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In II
12  As a matter of fact he had no such facilities--he had no comfortable family standing behind him and he was liable at the whim of an impersonal government to be blown anywhere about the world.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
13  It is not the least to the purpose what the reasons of this prohibition are; they may be the strongest and gravest reasons, or they may be mere whim.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVIII
14  Let him put away his whim now, and he is welcome back.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOURNEY
15  Indeed, my dear, it's not a whim.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 53. ANOTHER RETROSPECT
Example Sentence:
1  How can I hide away, the whim of fate.
2  I didn't leave just on a whim.
3  We decided, more or less on a whim, to sail to Morocco.
4  We shouldn't be changing our constitution to suit a short-term whim or agenda.