on a whim

It means learning to enter and exit in response to predefined signals rather than jumping in and out on a whim.

The authorities seem to shut things down on a whim and they don't give you any advance warning of their actions . '

On a whim, he decided to take a trip around the country to look up nearly a dozen old girlfriends.

On a whim I ask how much his jeans cost.

So on a whim my viola-playing girlfriend and I decided to put a quartet together.

The nice thing about websites is, as a moonlighting thing, you can write as often as you want, on a whim.

On a whim I walked the length of the train: Nearly all the computers were Apples.

Johnson learned about the contest from his son, a New York University film student, and decided to enter on a whim.

On a whim, I decided to stay. I'd never been in that pub before but I felt comfortable alone there.

It was then that, on a whim, he took up pottery.

Controversy indeed surrounded the Three Gorges Dam from the beginning, but this was not a decision taken on a whim.

The model of the hedge fund industry they popularised, able to deploy billions of dollars on a whim, is fast becoming a thing of the past.

Teenagers are being groomed to think others can be picked up on a whim and dropped because of a mood or some slight offence.

I walked through the door of the local climbing gym one day on a whim.

China's rich can now decide to go anywhere on a whim, register their flight plan and be in the air within hours.

And in a desert land where water is not delivered democratically, but parochially , on a whim, the land itself decides life.

On a whim, Gromph decided to test the child.

It is, thus, not on a whim that Microsoft Office applications are among the most configurable shrink-wrapped software titles available.

Italy didn't take on this 55 billion euro austerity plan on a whim -- it was essentially forced to do it by the European Central Bank.

On a whim, I mentioned it on Twitter, added the searchable hashtag #booksthatchangedmyworld, and sat still for a moment.

Most of our lives have been broken down to completely logical decisions, that making choices on a whim has been stamped out.

You can choose your markets on a whim or pause to think whether to trade stocks, futures, or options.

And the cast also features Carla Bruni Sarkozy, France's first lady, in a small role that Woody Allen says he offered her on a whim.

He played high-stakes poker in Las Vegas, jetted away on a whim to London, Florida and Hawaii, and bought all the latest gadgets going.

Art speculating, buying a piece on a whim to turn a quick profit, has lost many people lots of money.

Tokyo did not choose Kitty on a whim.

Along with a fellow Parkinson 's sufferer, Temple decided, on a whim, to form a choir.

Or people who have granted themselves the right to switch between these two identities on a whim?

Walk into a gallery, just on a whim, and look around.

This shutdown has been a long time coming; it wasn't something decided on a whim.

On a whim, she would make pizza with Cantonese sausage, steak with hoisin sauce, and sushi with roast pork.

After passing through the fifth hexagon, I paused and on a whim I reached out and dislodged a stiff green book from a cramped upper shelf.

And there is always that dream, however unlikely, that a work acquired on a whim will increase in value to Hirstian heights.

On a whim, Ner'zhul decided to test his powers on the unsuspecting humans.

Our ever-changing Tanzanite go from blue to violet to purple on a whim in a perfectly modern, 14K yellow gold setting.

On a whim, I headed south to the islands and beaches that have filled so many travel brochures.

Where to live, where to work, what markets to trade - many of us decide on a whim, without much serious thought.

Nations do not stop payment on a whim.

You would never go beyond the requirements on a whim , or just because you thought it was cool.

He first travelled to China on a whim in 2006, and has since gone back three times to teach, travel, study, and enter reality TV shows.

He bought the jacket on a whim, having seen it by chance in a shop window.

Don't do anything on a whim or because you want to feel really fancy - it just doesn't work.

On a whim, however, she also left her CV with several museums and galleries in Vienna.

Whatever protesters say, owners cannot build golf courses on a whim.

We realize that the odds of some incredibly romantic moment happening on a whim is low.

Unlike the kings of yore, modern politicians cannot toss you in prison on a whim.

Finally, in 2005, he decided on a whim to box it up with some other items.

Spending money lavishly is a bad habit. You should make the budget rather than buy the stuff just on a whim.

The rocking chairs were placed in front of sinks perhaps on a whim by the sister who lives there.

On a whim, I can spontaneously decide to take a trip or go someplace with BF somewhere if we are both free.

I often dance around the house on a whim.

By setting this requirement, I can't just indulge myself on a whim.

The coach changed the game plan on a whim and won the championship.

Wine flushed, the private " " 70 on a whim after, creative book publishers.

I traveled there on a whim and, upon arrival, knew nothing about the country.

He bought a lottery ticket on a whim and won the jackpot.

So on a whim she joined a local roller derby team.

I replied to a post on a whim.

Many tenants pay such low rents that they can afford to shut up shop on a whim; unsurprisingly, some do just that.

Ah, well, a big, bad bully cut us off on a whim. No sweat, 'cause dad swerved right around him.

Lockard sent the package anonymously, just on a whim.

The actor and director met in 2001 and married on a whim in May 2003, while on holiday in Anguilla.

Just drove here on a whim. -City of lights! Promise me you won't come back married, okay?

Advertising can mislead consumers, and make them buy products on a whim, causing unnecessary waste.

Don't start the transition on a whim.

I wanted to plan vacations on a whim rather than depending on how long the flight was.

You should make the budget rather than buy the stuff just on a whim.

We should not engage in risky procedures on a whim.

Mainlanders need a visa to go to Macau, and the authorities are apt to change the frequency and duration of permitted visits on a whim.

She bought it on a whim.

Watch out: sex on a whim can lead to feelings of love for a person who is entirely wrong for you.

As president, he can dissolve parliament on a whim.

In my experience, even if a mage is being focused, he can still drop several thousand damage on a whim.

On a whim, he took the whole team out for ice cream,

I bought the encyclopedia on a whim.

He saw the deal on the Internet and booked the vacation on a whim,

the city of sin is a pity on a whim,

Taking days off on a whim

For example, the ruling monarch doesn't just enter the City of London on a whim ,