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Sentence Examples The family moved often, following the schooling and whims of his volatile father, a doctor. He has done that in 14 years as a test cricketer, albeit subject to selectorial whims. She fears we are catering to modern lifestyle whims rather than for future generations. It had at its disposal a critical vocabulary so ethicized that it could endow its whims of judgment with an air of total authority. The national championship should be decided on the field by football players, not by the whims of the sports punditocracy. And profits were defended by courts, so they were not subject to the larcenous whims of the local sheikh or rajah. These orders were invariably cancelled, after a decent interval, due to the whims of our fictitious clients. He might have passed her words off as the whims of childishness but she was not alone in her condemnations. If this week people are clingy and dependant, easily offended and insecure, don't be manipulated by their whims of steel. Later, as he went forth to achieve his goal of becoming Prime Minister by any means necessary, many more would fall victim to his whims. Work was soon hampered by an inflow of large volumes of underground water in several shafts, keeping the whims occupied day and night. Sure they have characters who occasionally attempt to do the right thing, occasionally indulge whims to be decent or beneficent. People are vain and shallow and disregard the love of others to pursue their own whims. On whims, I have gone down to the bike path along the creek camera in hand, snapping away as mood and light compels me to. After years of catering exclusively to the whims and fancies of women, companies have done a turnabout. Such is the fate of those who tie their future to the whims of megalomaniacs. This should also be the last election decided by the whims and conflicts of interest of 32 publicly unaccountable officials. But Plato tells us that the ethical laws cannot be the arbitrary whims of personalized gods. That in turn makes humankind's tools and conveniences, like urinals, subject to the whims of politics. The answers almost certainly can be found in our obsession with compliance and the uncontrolled whims of fund managers. Show More Sentences When wages barely cover living costs, the working classes cannot fund the whims and fancies of politicians forever. In the air-conditioned comfort of the ship's stately lounges my whims and caprices are anticipated by the quintessential British crew. Nacy Thompson is a bondager, a farm laborer forced to live in virtual slavery, her life dictated by the cruel and barbaric whims of her masters. Clearly buying shares in retailers that cater to the whims of youthful storecard addicts is a strategy that has had its day. Most people distort according to whims, unperceptiveness, and strange urges and desires inside them, desires that get the best of some too. Everyone, governed and governor, is subject to the rule of law, free from arbitrariness and whims. My time has been taken up with appeasing the whims of a very impertinent and ill-humored stallion. By catering to his whims, you have planted the notion that he is entitled to demand whatever he wants. His voice remains clarion-ragged, unsullied, and untouched by trends or whims. Yet models are malleable, ciphers for the whims of stylists and photographers. To seek rhyme or reason in such decisions is as vain an inquiry as to seek the same qualities in the ukase of a Russian Czar or the whims of an Oriental despot. Except the majority ruling makes clear the interests of those women simply don't matter as much as the whims of corporations. By virtue of his royal birth, Prince Charles enjoys great privileges and, therefore, has a greater obligation to put duty before his own selfish whims. While these changing whims of the punditry may seem absurd, their final predictions may also, paradoxically, be correct. Granted, this is government by fits and starts, hobbled by the whims of voters. But human beings are mortal creatures and subject to the whims of nature. We must not accept any fleeting or underhand gestures, and nor must we bow to the whims of the dictatorship. No. 3: The whims of the American consumer are the eighth wonder of the world. The cloning of human beings could not be left to the whims of States but must be subordinate to the decision of the United Nations. A politician's brief is actually to resolve specific problems, not to be subservient to popularity polls and the voters' whims. Show More Sentences Modest-sized places like Keswick and Sutton are firmly linked to the culture of farms, small businesses and the fickle whims of seasonal tourism. This is an issue, which has come up before, but has been inconsistently applied to individuals depending on the personal whims and fancies of Board officials. Bribery, cajolery, legislation, executions: he did his all to satisfy Henry's will and whims. His fall was as meteoric as his rise. You'll find that I am always available to protect you from life's unpleasant sensations and to cater to your imperious whims, honey bun. We have a comprehensive system that has been field-tested for reliability and which does not bend to the transient whims of society or the changing winds of fashion. And as for domestic animals, they are total slaves to the whims of others. The account of this 'fire and smoke' remains powerfully in a reader's mind long after the whims and eccentricities of minor characters have receded in the memory. Sure, the Cartwrights are macho men of the land, but they're all about appreciating the natural beauty around them, not subjugating it to their whims and desires. They are full of whims and fancies, changeable and unpredictable. Turkey, for instance, constantly adjusts its levels of filtering depending both on the whims of authorities and public demands. Desire has its indirection, libido its whims, and Léon, who now lacks both stable home and partner, is their consenting victim. And secondly, success over the long-term requires some sort of insurance against the whims of Lady Luck. So why are the levels of income security programs still dependent upon the whims of politicians? The figures we are presenting here are not arbitrary or mere whims but are instead a response to the real situation as we find it. Better protecting agricultural land against real estate speculation, so that the future of our food is not compromised by today's whims. They were there to serve him and satisfy his needs and whims. Surely they deserve more than to be pumped full of drugs, just to ensure that our overstretched military forces can continue to support the whims of politicians. Those fees vary widely from country to country and can change based on the whims of legislators and governments. Each one of them had enforced onto the state her violent and licentious character, her love stories, whims and cruelty. In gaining control over the new technologies, they could seize power and inflict their whims and fancies on their customers. Show More Sentences You can even move it from room to room, depending on your whims, as well as take it with you when you move. Sanitary products are subject to whims of fashion, with varying colours and materials. Caught unaware, the Ace fell once more into the Beast's whims as it quickly appeared before him and then grabbed the young man by the neck in a vicious chokehold. Frontier markets are by their very nature unpredictable prey to the wiles of dictators and the whims of nature. Instead of ordering off the menu, guests subjected themselves to the whims of the chef. A president can do it, indulging his whims through unwritten laws and executive action. The female incapable of intellectual purpose, governed by her whims and humours, is a misogynistic cliche not only of the time, but very much of his writings. It has ensured the subjugation of majorities to the whims of tiny minorities who have a stranglehold on both wealth and power. They are not locked into the whims of those more powerful, because their knowledge and abilities open doors. Most Americans have viewed Africa through the lens of LiveAid or Black Hawk Down or the altruistic whims of Madonna. Who but a fool would entrust his life to the hands of such a captain who steers his vessel according to his whims and fancies, and not by the Government chart? The consumer is king and it is the consumer who must accept a little more responsibility for the actions of global companies that are only reacting to our whims. They function independently, are appropriated by the historical moment, and are subject to the whims of chance, history, and the readerly environment. It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore one's fear that there is an ulterior motive to how the whims of womankind are being reflected back at ourselves. In other words, we are not as vulnerable to the whims of sheiks, mullahs, and deranged holy men as we once were. There is no middle ground in submitting our sacred rights to the whims of foreign tyrants. Malls are fluid constructs, shifting and reshuffling to meet the whims of fashion and the market, but you assume that a few places will stay around forever. Indulging in her whims and whimsy, she dresses like her favorite dolls in sweet and shiny, pretty things. And sales, those tricky little figures so dependent on the wants and whims of a fickle public, were impeded for that very reason. The absurdity of North Korea now extends to its futile attempt to anticipate the whims of Mother Nature. Show More Sentences The whims of fashionistas have brought us bellbottoms and skinny jeans and everything in between. But of course, all ag commodity markets remain subject to the whims of broader, macro-economic conditions, notably energy, equity and currency markets. In contrast, the drosophilas of Hawaii owe their oddity entirely to the whims of natural selection. It is a context within which every mind is dreamless, has no whims, no thoughts of the past beyond accurate accounting, no hopes for the future, no intuitions about the present and above all no inspiration. Many mergers and take-overs do not stem from a logical desire for industrial consolidation but rather seem to aim squarely at satisfying the interests and whims of the financial community. Economics soon proved to be a gifted child, with an efficiency both astonishing and fearsome to her mesmerised sisters, who readily gave in to all her whims. That said, since the suite is unaccompanied, I took great pleasure in the freedom this allowed me to follow the whims of inspiration, while respecting the work's style. They travel across grandiose but hostile landscapes: on Uyuni de Salar, the salt gnaws, the sun burns, and the cold at night cracks the stones. Above all, our adventurers will have to tame the Wind-God and endure its whims. It would be idle to pretend that continuing development of our law can be left safely or solely to the slow, uncertain process of judicial evolution, to the day to day policies of governments, or to the whims of individuals. A body that palpitates, that hits out, stretches itself and tears itself apart, which tells of the brutality of reality and the contradictory whims of the flesh. This committee has a gravely serious decision to render and must not allow itself to be swayed by the whims of trendiness and political correctness, because of fashion. They have twisted and warped with the whims of permafrost and age, but are still the boastful creations of the men who reached for their pot of gold. Nor undiscriminating following of a teacher's personality and whims. Subordinating Parliament's power to the government's whims regarding information it provides to Parliament is the same as subjugating legislative powers to executive powers. Even Elberse's blockbusting executives look vulnerable: they are producers in a consumers' paradise, forever scrambling to adjust to the public's changing whims. The world seemed a perpetual round of pain, misery and death, and men seemed to endure ceaseless travail, till their souls were deadened, and they resigned their course on earth to the whims of a malicious fate? But some of us object to the way in which these vital matters are being lifted out of the hands of our accountable national governments and subjected to the whims of European judges. The diverse whims of the devil in the field of the parapsychology are often only conceived to show to the spectators human as they are powerless in front of the devilish strength. Often trips to remote branches were not an easy task as land transportation was subject to the whims of weather that could turn the surface of a picturesque country road into axle deep mud. This required the wherewithal to format an ebook file and set up a PayPal plug-in, but it meant that authors got all the money from book sales, and were protected from the whims of the big retailers. Show More Sentences I sincerely believe that when we entrust so much power to a minister in the absence of any objectivity, we may be abandoning Canadians to the whims of this government. But rigorous self-discipline and the ceaseless flow of original whims and ideas nevertheless have taken Steven King to the starry path of success and money. He is not blown hither and yon by whims, desires and fads. Recourse to this procedure can protect the coach from the whims, personalities, and oddities of disgruntled parents and well-intentioned, but inexperienced, administrators. If in a year of revival and reform it was still possible for a few delegations to hold the Committee hostage to anachronistic whims on a simple resolution, something was definitely wrong. To follow the whims of shifting interest and desire is to indulge in substitution of means for purposes, something called idolatry in religion, absurdity in logic, and folly in morals. Last year researchers managed to track one whale for over 10 hours despite the whims of Mother Nature, which limited them to only four excursions. The legacy of this eventful past is some of the most spectacular attractions in the region, along with an environment that is occasionally at the mercy of nature's whims. Without the fickle whims of a cameraman it would have taken no more than a minute for Francois Bon and Mathias Roten to scream down them, overloading themselves on the raw adrenalin of this exciting new sport. He says that its executives parachuted in from New York wanted to homogenise the reporting, to make its coverage less driven by the whims of correspondents in the field. But what tune are the presidential hopefuls dancing to when they indulge the whims of New Hampshire? In the utopian version of this resulting horizonless network, status is not something inherited or enforced by others or even earned: it is something you can change, update and revise according to your own whims. I encourage parents to abandon greed, and I also encourage the future couple not to submit themselves to unjustifiable blackmails and to whims which wrongly act as law. They hold their positions subject to the whims and caprice of the local barber, garageman, banker, or what not. The relative lethargy of the United Nations can be partly explained in light of the organization's subordinations to the political whims of the security council. As few women are prepared to ditch their make-up bags and brave the world bare-faced, they may just stop indulge in all their previous beauty whims for amusing novelties, and get back to basics. Wild beasts and the whims and caprices of an angry nature were all factors that weighed on humanity's fragile existence, and people often gathered into groups precisely in order to protect themselves against such attacks. Climate change may also exacerbate seasonal variability in water supply-already a major problem in areas where annual precipitation and runoff totals are subject to the whims of monsoons and other periodic events. Rather than serving either commercial considerations or following the whims of musicians, the work he accomplished as a sleeve designer betrayed a fierce independence, and an obvious belief in art for art's sake. At times, the film provided a stark reminder of an emotion that was once so often out of the control of the person experiencing it, subject to the cruel whims and prejudices of society. Show More Sentences Assembled over many years, the collection reflects Choquette's personal whims and interests, which extend well beyond those of a mere collector, as he restores many of his finds himself. Those were noble and good calls that are related to the meaning of their presence in this country, and that bypass the whims of politics and the passing calculations. Just as he worked on the void and air by seeking to control space, on wind and water by exposing paintings to the whims of the weather, Klein also took interest in an other of the basic elements, fire. If workers have a Charterprotected right to bargain collectively, then it is reasonable to expect that the contracts they negotiate should be protected as well and not subject to the whims of politicians. At the foot of the Atlas Mountains, architect Cabell B. Robinson has made good use of nature's whims and the undulating terrain to design a wonderful course set in the midst of an olive grove. Really, I can't understand why anyone would want to work in a restaurant, pandering to the random whims of the great unhosed. The upper classes often celebrated religious festivals, weddings, alliances and the whims of the king or queen. He was a man who followed whims, which meant he would blow up in one direction, so to speak. These buildings were originally designed to be constantly rebuilt, changing and adapting to different whims or needs. If there were any Frisii left in Frisia, they fell victim to the whims of nature, civil strife and piracy. Ivan's notorious outbursts and autocratic whims helped characterise the position of Tsar as one accountable to no earthly authority, only to God. Are the CCCB bureaucrats not aware of the fact that many women do not want to see familiar prayers bastardized to suit the whims of feminists? Be willing to act on whims, fancies and, yes, fantasies, too. Seems she's been disappointed by every Size 0 clacker who's tried to anticipate her whims and fulfill her impossible demands. Dominica lacks economic diversification and is subject to the variances in banana prices and the whims and fears of tourists, primarily from the United States. It is considered unfannish to cater to the whims and desires of readers. Examples from Classical Literature Even if you are a prince, the world cannot always run just to suit your whims. It takes on the color of any composer's ideas, and submits like a slave to the whims of any virtuoso. Unhappily I am not a Greek woman, pliant to the whims of artists and voluptuaries. I have no intention of humoring her caprices, or disarranging the family to suit her whims. Melanie was too astute to indulge in any compromising whims. When dealing with childish persons you have to cater to their whims. You can well afford to indulge their passing whims as long as their business is to anticipate all your desires. He was not yet familiarized to the eccentric whims of his friend. Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies, DO divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can. The boat-house represented one of stilling's abandoned whims. The global body is a toothless and clawless organization, which only acts on the whims and wishes of a chosen few. She is always overdressed and never natural, but it seems to me that nearly everything she does is done to suit his whims, or at his instigation. France will be prettily governed by a featherbrain, who has such whims. The height of the trunk usually depends on the whims of the pruner. But lest I should mislead any when I have my own head and obey my whims, let me remind the reader that I am only an experimenter. Exaggeration I abhor, with whims I have nothing to do, and of quotation I am guiltless. This was decidedly interesting, since it resembled her own whims. Sonya kept house, attended on her aunt, read to her, put up with her whims and secret ill-will, and helped Nicholas to conceal their poverty from the old countess. Or there was disease, ever rampant, one of Luck's grimmest whims. Charles is very kind and very indulgent to all my whims, but he never could obtain such an influence over me as to become the depositary of my secrets. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of whims? Words that rhyme with whims What is the adverb for whims? What is the adjective for whims? What is the noun for whims? Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words whimple whimpers whimpering whimperers whimpered whimper whims and fancies whimsey whimsical whimsicality whimsically whimsies 5-letter Words Starting With w wh whi whim