How do you use Whim in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like caprice or impulse, plus the exact meaning.
Whim in a sentence
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Whim meaning
- A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea.
- A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes
Using Whim
- The main meaning on this page is: A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea. | A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes
- Useful related words include: caprice, impulse, desire, notion.
- In the example corpus, whim often appears in combinations such as: on whim, the whim, whim of.
Context around Whim
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Whim
- In this selection, "whim" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, implemented, creek, maar and unsure stand out and add context to how "whim" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include on a whim and at the whim of a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "whim" sits close to words such as activating, antwerp and asymmetric, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with whim
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Kristyn created these cookie balls on a whim, unsure how they would turn out. (14 words)
The ability to easily alter your features at whim seems like a remarkable advancement on paper. (16 words)
Robyn and her partner, also an artist, entered the international competition on a whim just before submissions closed. (18 words)
It’s what allows him to create whole new variations of the Iron Man armor on a whim, including suits as powerful as the Godkiller armor which allowed him to battle Celestials, and enables him to out-think his opponents at every turn. (43 words)
During lockdown he lived at his parents’, planning to buy a house nearby, but the sellers strung him along and put up the price by £30k, so he moved, on a whim, to a rented house in Warwick, opposite the castle. (41 words)
Don't go exorbitantly over your budget, but finding a controller that hits a majority of your creature comforts will be well worth it and probably last longer than a cheapo controller that can be bought on a whim. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Whim Maar is the northernmost prospect of the Whim Creek Project, 80% owned and operated by Anax, under a joint venture with Develop Global Limited (ASX:DVP).
Around her, at various times, are twittering wooden flutes, a rolling bass vamp, diaphanous vocal harmonies, stray percussion and ethereal keyboards, appearing and disappearing at whim while leaving her entirely unruffled.
Britney Spears and Jason Alexander were childhood friends and tied the knot on a whim in the early morning hours on January 3, 2004.
Communities from Bidyadanga to Whim Creek, including Port Hedland and inland to Marble Bar, Nullagine and Telfer have been urged to move their vehicles under cover and keep their emergency kits on hand.
Don't go exorbitantly over your budget, but finding a controller that hits a majority of your creature comforts will be well worth it and probably last longer than a cheapo controller that can be bought on a whim.
During lockdown he lived at his parents’, planning to buy a house nearby, but the sellers strung him along and put up the price by £30k, so he moved, on a whim, to a rented house in Warwick, opposite the castle.
Her goal is to emphasise that eating disorders are a mental illness, not a whim or a fad, and that weight is a symptom, not the cause.
Hostage Negotiator's unique deck-building process puts the player in charge of their actions rather than leaving them at the whim of the deck and fate.
Imagine if the justices had allowed themselves to be intimidated by the government, future prime ministers would be closing down parliament on a whim.
It’s what allows him to create whole new variations of the Iron Man armor on a whim, including suits as powerful as the Godkiller armor which allowed him to battle Celestials, and enables him to out-think his opponents at every turn.
Kristyn created these cookie balls on a whim, unsure how they would turn out.
Many were groups of families who seemingly decided on a whim to take the line until its last stop: Putrajaya Sentral.
NBC News noticed, however, that the site's "report" function still contained an option for "misgendering or deadnaming", suggesting the removal is yet another hastily and ineptly-implemented whim.
Park’s character decides on a whim to return to the country where she was born, and the result is a film that goes sideways at every issue and scenario it lands on.
PTP will give us – the consumer – a say in how fast we make that transition rather than that switch being at the whim of a corporation’s bottom line.
Robyn and her partner, also an artist, entered the international competition on a whim just before submissions closed.
The ability to easily alter your features at whim seems like a remarkable advancement on paper.
The Apple TV+ film finds Evans' farmer Cole falling hard and fast for Sadie () and deciding to surprise her on a whim when he learns she's in London.
The company funds being misappropriated run into hundreds of thousands of Emalangeni which the respondents inevitably help themselves to at whim.
The steamy social media share comes after Guy -- who shares Ryder, as well as son Hunter, 27, with his wife, Lori -- admitted he won't be dishing out his fortune to his kids on a whim.
Common combinations with whim
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- on whim 72×
- the whim 17×
- whim of 14×
- at whim 11×
- every whim 10×
- whim and 9×
- whim to 8×
- whim or 6×
- his whim 4×
- whim with 4×