Whim

Examples

• Really that little man was dreadful: a mere sprite of caprice andubiquity: one never knew either his whim or his whereabout. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Let him put away his whim now, and he is welcome back. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Gladly would I give it if I could, but I only know that it was the whim of my timid Viola, and I yielded to it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It is not the business of the politician to preserve an Olympian indifference to what stupid people call popular whim. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I left off opposing her favourite whim on that account, because some of the sympathy was sure, in course of time, to fall to my share. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• You think me unsteady: easily swayed by the whim of the moment, easily tempted, easily put aside. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• This whim suited me the better at this time, from the cheapness of it, not costing us above eighteen pence sterling each per week. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• My whim is gratified; and now I think Mr. Eshton will do well to put the hag in the stocks to-morrow morning, as he threatened. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• You remember that the affair of the blue carbuncle, which appeared to be a mere whim at first, developed into a serious investigation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Nothing was so wilful as Shirley when she took a whim into her head. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I will humour your whim; but you will begin talking again ere ten minutes are over. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• So far from being your way, it is only your whim! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• 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. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The wall must be crumbled, the stone decayed, To pleasure his dainty whim; And the mouldering dust that years have made, Is a merry meal for him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Indeed, my dear, it's not a whim. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Captain Dufranne is willing to remain, and for my part I am perfectly willing, perfectly willing--as I always have been to humor your childish whims. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Queer, she said to herself, always queer, with her whims and her ways, ever since I can remember her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Such whims are only impressive as we originate them, I think; they are not to be communicated. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It's more my fault than yours, for humouring her whims, and letting her be alone in such a place as this. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Wild and full of childish whims as Em'ly was, she was more of a little woman than I had supposed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• As Mrs. Weston observed, all young people would have their little whims. Jane Austen. Emma.
• However, we can not alter our established customs to please the whims of guides; we can not show partialities this late in the day. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Among other whims and fancies which they taught her there, they put some nonsense into her head about always wearing white. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies, _do_ divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Shirley, in spite of her whims and oddities, her dodges and delays, has an infatuated fondness for him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I have not been used to submit to any person's whims. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I have a singular opinion on this subject, which I will venture to communicate to you, though I doubt you will rank it among my whims. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

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