whim

As the head of a large organization, he was surrounded by people who were prepared to respond to his every whim.

It is not rare to see Federer be completely out of the point, then suddenly turn the tables at whim and hit a winner.

For just a while, through partaking of the whim and richness of the season, life takes on an extraordinary hue, one of sweetness and safety.

For smoking cessation without adequate mental preparation and physical preparation, whim camel began to think of quitting.

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

She knew now that she wasn't just a leaf that depended on every whim of the wind, but that she was part of the universe.

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

Because at the whim of the king, or for that matter of parliament, we can name you or you to give up your property or to give up your life .

In these days of my leisure, it was perhaps the mere whim to collect them which had come upon me.

Elennor, even then, was not the kind of wife who bowed to her husband's whims, and her husband's whim was to climb a certain mountain.

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

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.

He had merely been a sailor from whim and a desire to spite his friends.

Andy must tend to her every whim without question and with the utmost haste for fear of the retribution she might receive from her boss.

It would be a difficult thing if you were instantly manifesting every whim or every misaligned thought.

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.

Since she was an only child, her parents pandered to her every whim.

In ancient times, when a man of royal blood married a foreign woman of royal blood, it wasn't on a romantic whim.

In the past, he says, getting the deed would have taken days, and might have depended on the whim of a civil servant.

So how could I dare to be so dissatisfied as to head off on such a selfish and self-seeking whim?

Backers of the new trade agreement retort that the CBI depends on the whim of the American government and can be rescinded at any time.

Your Inner Being would want you to fulfill every wish and whim that you could identify.

Between ourselves, I think he's delighted by this whim of mine, for it'll get me out of Paris for a while and help to shut his family up.

These spiritual selves can then take you on a journey throughout the Universe, going at a whim to any place you desire.

I shall die after I have made my confession. When it's over, you are to dress me in these things. It is the whim of a dying woman.

They seem to be able to change the rules of the game at whim.

One day, the lion was seized by a whim to be the king, and he went into the forest.

Moreover, there is always a danger that freedoms extended at the whim of a ruler can be withdrawn.

That suggestion was no whim of the moment.

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

Innovation, after all, is not something that can be conjured out of thin air at the whim of a bureaucrat.

Once passed, cannot be changed or varied according to the whim or caprice of any officer, board or individual.

If you do not get a grab on yourself , you are condemning yourself to an entire life buffeted by the winds of emotional whim.

Summerfield, FL First, I would like to say that I tried this product on a complete whim! ! ! ! !

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.

No one negates history out of a passing whim, but only under the impact of harrowing and unsuspected tragedies.

One day he bursted out a whim: collect a pop can, earned only a fraction of money.

Bathsheba's feeling is always to some extent dependent upon her whim, as is the case with many other women.

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

However, China today is overall not atotalitarian state, nor a military junta, nor a state run at the personal whim of a dictator.

Under the prevailing "law of partnerships" , businesses could be dissolved at the whim of a single partner.

Then that also puts us all groveling to sit at the Rich Master's table "AT HIS FEET" serving his every whim.

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.

The language in the budget bill would, in effect, let the governor privatize any or all of these facilities at whim.

She left the office a little early that day, on a desperate whim.

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

Surrounded by aides who cater to his every whim, he reportedly lives on church-owned property, formerly a resort, in Southern California.

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.

His mother spoiled him, indulging his every whim.

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

If you only pray about them once, they are not a desire, they are just a whim.

You are not an indentured servant. lf it's not a whim for you. . . you prove it to him by your conviction and your passion.

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

ALTHOUGH the laws of physics cannot be altered at whim, scientists are adept at manipulating the world to sidestep this inconvenience.

Through multimedia presentations, exhibits performance can be most vividly, people will also enjoy the exhibits whim.

I added the olives on a high-calorie whim at the last minute, and they crop up, bleak and oily surprises, among the noodles.

From the true good, is not a whim, but the long-term good deeds, lifelong not law.

However, this one is Su Dongpo named " Dongpo jade grits soup" food, is actually his little son Su had improved out of whim.

It has ready and free access to the processor, its memory is sacrosanct, and attached devices serve the application's every whim.

That political philosophy took this direction was of course no accident, no chance preference or perverse whim of political philosophers.

What do you expect? It is the whim of a millionaire. You know these rich men.

Essential to suicide is the belief that you can no longer live, not because of whim but because of a terrifying inner tragedy.

The law might empower a software company to "abuse immunity to block content for anti-competitive purposes or merely at a malicious whim. "

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

This day, the husband suddenly be seized by a whim, feel should right to this is made up for somewhat.

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.

The intuitive interface dial is responsive to the slightest whim and facilitates intensity control of the two motors.

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.

Therefore, the Chinese people often call on the whim of others, few consider whether the owner of emergency in the body.

Tokyo did not choose Kitty on a whim.

He was liable at the whim of an impersonal government to be blown anywhere about the world.

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

At some times this approach may be perfectly justifiable; however in the many circumstances it is merely a whim of the project team.

Torrential rains along the Californian coast and the Peruvian deserts have all been ascribed to the whim of El Nino .

I am not sure where to start, but I spot racks of swimming suits straight ahead so I decide to begin there, then roam the store by whim.

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

Carrying a single bag, the young man is travelling alone at his whim with no particular destination in mind.

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

Those people got married on a crazy romantic whim. It's not like that with Nancy and I.

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

He had servants to answer any whim, and he had a family who loved him deeply.

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.

2 this pair of 4 case is also a whim, because my English is not very good, so also no translation, hope everybody excuse me.

Or merely the private whim of a few pastors?

In many respects, the new constitution merely codifies an existing method of governing that allows the palace to micromanage at its whim.

Love and do not love, waiting for and give up, whim, is already dusk.

Emotionally, it's hard to accept that the whim of a nonentity can change history.

I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy , envy, fear.

We also dont think a system that allows immediate, complete, and at-a-whim changes to a character spec matches the feel of Diablo.

Cut do not purchase a disharmonious furniture because of temporarily be seized by a whim.

I drift away from those dreary numbers and go back to my days of whim and impulse.

Proud to work for him, they bow to his whim, love serving him.

a child to a husband's whim. . . my soul hardened from lack of touch and lack of love.

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.

They are totally demanding, utterly selfish and scream with rage if their every whim is not immediately satisfied.

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.

Cancer needs to give Pisces the freedom to enjoy their external interests and to occasionally follow a whim undeterred .

Students must be free to connect with instructors, almost at whim.

Nations do not stop payment on a whim.

He comes and goes to his whim, and enjoys the house my mother owns and her frustrated affection.

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

Can you even imagine being able to do anything you please and live out every whim and impulse while the world just sees you gleam?

Here is a sample of their frequented by shop list, but nobody can guarantee that they will "whim" going to the store shopping.

A whim. Maybe not such a good idea.

Calls for a firm standard that was not subject to fluctuations or the whim of feudal lords, grew louder in the late 17th century.

But peace of mind is not dependent on expressing every whim and changing emotion.

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.

Yet unlike much other plastic surgery it is no vanity-inspired whim.

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.

There are few democracies where city mayors can be removed at the whim of national leaders.

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

This was mainly rely on the whim of BMW employees can put into practice.

You can decide at a whim what IP address any device or group of devices should have.

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

Like any firm, they survive at the whim of their customers and creditors.

Unlike reason, faith and feelings provide no boundary to limit any delusion, any whim.

He dotes on his grandchildren and indulges their every whim.

One day, after school, I saw my mother at the school gate, my whim: I have not let my mother set himself to go home!

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

but for the moment's whim.

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

You are no longer slaves, doomed to die at a master's whim. I freed you.

I learned to value the charms of caprice and the pleasures of whim; I learned the luxury of carelessness.

And why should something so fundamental depend on a bureaucrat's whim?

One day, on a girly whim, she wrote that she wanted to buy a banjo but that her husband, ever the "tyrant" , wouldn't let her.

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

We don't feel that computers owe us anything, or that they must comply with our every whim.

Whim yesterday, I took my dirty clothes wash with my hands, I feel good!

Communities need to have a say in where mobile phone towers are located, and not depend on the whim of telecommunication companies.

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

In fact, Wang Yung-ching made the bold decision is not a whim, take the risk.

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.

A rule of law is soon to replace arbitrary whim by ad hoc military and party committees.

However, nervous Argentines must feel even more jittery now that a presidential whim can stop them from changing money.

Whimsical i. Determined by, arising from, or marked by whim or caprice.

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.

does not respect science, will whim at.

How can something as important as belief be subject entirely to whim?

You may complete your assignments at your whim. We have begun. Miss.

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.

Doing so would send a powerful signal to the country and the world that post-Gaddafi Libya will be governed by law and not revenge or whim.

Look at those in control: they cause recessions and depressions at a whim.

Visitors are usually given an hourlong guided tour after which they are free to wander at whim.

Do you want to wager your throne upon a woman's whim?

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

Every online posting is subject to change or deletion at its creator's whim; Students can help to preserve and archive them.

To live my life at the whim of others.

In the digital age we are more free to take pictures at our whim.

He caters to her every whim.

These are the things that canpierce me with longing when I am displaced from them by Time's whim.

Our staff will cater to your every whim.

at any time on whim of the authorities.

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.

As long as dumbbells and a bench vice, you can whim, for all kinds of fitness training.

Bagehot's view is that they are at least as good a motive as many others, such as whim and inherited prejudice.

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

I wouldn't want you going to jail just to satisfy my whim now.

Use your time efficiently, yet make time to play, to wander, to read at whim, to fail.

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.

An extravagant notion; a whim.

Apart from the odd hiccup I am still pretty content with life and finally I am free to follow any whim which meanders my way.

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

The power to print money at whim is wrong.

She indulges his every whim.

A capricious notion; a whim.

SEO, light has a short learning passion is cheap, if you just whim, you must learn bad SEO.

Most Americans are employed "at-will" , which means they can largely be dismissed at-whim.

Why I should I cater your every whim?

At that time, Franklyn's father khad a heart-to-haear talk with whim about this future.

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.

he entered the Loebner contest on a possibl contest respons mere whim .

whim, we can help him washing clothes to buy socks, but do not Zizuocheqing helped him buy underwear.

My wife has a whim of iron.

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 fact, one whim may decide whether they will live in heaven or stay in hell.

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

We could decide what to watch, based on almost any whim.

i have taken the whim into my head ; do you understand , master benedetto ?

On one occasion, I have a whim to allow grandparents to me talk about the story of their era.

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

Absurd! Are you really think have a wee bit liquid? You should see mental doctor for whim.

Only FOR a flashing moment did she see this, then she saw the lout returned, and she laughed at the whim of her fancy

Research for Effects of a Lifesaving Whim System on Helicopter Fuselage Aerodynamic Characteristics

I bought the encyclopedia on a whim.

'It was only my whim, ' he said;

government policy changes at the president ' s whim

Too light a hand, and he follows his own whim;

They except you to rumor their every whim

now , at the whim of a madman , it will fall

The Application of Whim Training in Wushu Teaching

The fate of Africa's largest country may hang on the whim of Rwanda

what about your whim ? - you don ' t understand

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

one day I was seized by a whim, ridding it to the fair

Whim: a sudden or capricious idea; a fancy

the city of sin is a pity on a whim,

An average man am I, of no eccentric whim

Taking days off on a whim

It's striking how a new whim and how little we are aware of

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

she has a tendency to change her mind at whim