Sentences with phrase «whim in»

Especially those of you like me who love so many different things and head off on a whim in all directions.

Homeowners Jim and Lauren Wolf (he's a city planner, historian and author; she's the executive director of a not - for - profit organization) purchased the 700 - square - foot space on a whim in 2005, and for the next 10 years, the New Westminster, B.C., couple spent vacations lovingly updating and expanding the cabin to suit their family, which includes 16 - year - old son Griffin, Felix the Jack Russell terrier and Loonie, «a fat and fussy ginger tomcat.»

Blogging seemed so much simpler when I started mine on a whim in 2008.

It was taken during a reconnaissance trip that we made on a whim in advance of submitting the proposal.

The ongoing project — Photographs Rendered in Play - Doh — began on a whim in 2013 and quickly became an internet smash as Macnair shared her plasticine portrayals on social media.

Nothing is as it seems in Layers of Fear: Legacy - the environment changes on a whim in real time, making you afraid of every dark corner, each dimly lit corridor or even turning back.

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Character agendas have to change on a whim in service of franchise building.

This Federation has been touched by the events of the first film and seems willing to surrender its principles on a whim in exchange for feigned safety.

What should've been a joyful romp turns into a stale, sour - edged celebration of the New Conformist, an affluent, technology - addled cherub without a rebellious whim in his brain.

I was devouring all of the shelter magazines and reading other design blogs and I really just wanted a creative outlet to share my own options about the things I loved, so I started the blog on a whim in January of 2008.

I own my own home and have the ability to make changes on a whim in any way I desire.

I grabbed this top on a whim in Vegas after seeing a girl in the changing room in it.

I ordered these on a whim in the Bordeaux color when there was a sale even though I didn't really «need» them.

I would go out and spend money on a whim in the hope that it would give me a buzz, make me feel a bit more alive inside.

So by looking for the SZ effect, researchers can trace the WHIM in the cosmic web.

Mr Clegg said: «I do not believe that, just on a whim in a leadership contest, one should abandon the idea that Britain should play a role not only in disarming itself but disarming the world.»

Her line started on a whim in late 2012

Two: Nuby Teethe - eez The Teethe - eez was one of the first teethers we picked up on a whim in Target.

I decided to make them on a whim in December so obviously didn't have any heart sprinkles on hand, nor did any of the local stores I checked.

I am amazed that the little food blog I started on a whim in September of 2008 has survived (and thrived!)

Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes:: I picked this one up on a whim in the library and I'm so glad I did.

Few people will imagine buying Necker Island on a whim in their twenties like the Virgin boss did, but most of us can picture buying a van or investing in property.

Your phone will be the remote control for your life, and you will have a myriad of products and services available to you at your whim in a completely transparent and digital way.»

«There's some whims in the air that it's time to change things, but I'm concerned it won't last,» said Renz.

Not exact matches

In Virginia, at least, the credit market is atomized; its decisions are subject to the biases and whims that rule the lives of real men and women, to ambitions and institutional prerogatives that set the agenda at the office.

«This decision wasn't made on a whim,» Nest co-founder and chief executive Tony Fadell wrote in a separate blog post.

Anonymous Broadway insiders claim he's indulged the unrealistic whims of the musical's creative talent instead of reining them in as a producer should.

Rental markets in Toronto and Vancouver are extremely tight, units suitable for raising families in are highly coveted, and being subjected to the whims of a landlord can make for a precarious existence.

In a 1942 issue of Vogue, a columnist wrote: «Weddings nowadays hang not on the bride's whim, but on the decision of the grooms commanding officer.

But she applied on a whim to Facebook's FB University for Business program in 2015 after a recruiter visited her school.

«This decision wasn't made on a whim — Google has been in the mix in some way or another for about three years of our almost four - year history,» Fadell explains in a blog post.

Although the original JOBS Act passed with bipartisan support in 2012, this is an election year, and so the fate of the bill could be subject to political whims.

Perhaps he misses the autonomy of not having to answer to the whims of Wall Street, but in response to a question during an analyst conference in New York yesterday, Michael Dell said that he has considered taking his eponymous computer company private.

While these days meals are often tailored to the whims of little ones, in the past whole families prepared the same food and ate it together.

In a letter published on the eve of Google's IPO, the company explained the phrase to mean its search results were «unbiased and objective,» not subject to influence by advertisers or the whims of Google's own engineers.

Those who are in favor of air traffic control privatization, however — including the National Association of Air Traffic Controllers and most major airlines — say air traffic management is too important to be subject to the whims of possible government shutdowns or budgetary fights.

But as the situation described in the Information piece makes clear, holding an entire company to the whims of a product - focused tyrant doesn't always benefit a business.

That way the protections couldn't be put in place or taken away at the whim of whichever party had a majority in the FCC.

In choosing the best service providers, the TPA choice is particularly critical, as legislation relating to retirement plans changes frequently with the unfortunate whim of political tides.

In order to have true financial security, the numbers on your statements must be locked in and not subject to the whims of the market or economIn order to have true financial security, the numbers on your statements must be locked in and not subject to the whims of the market or economin and not subject to the whims of the market or economy.

Congress has legitimate interest in protecting users subject to the ad revenue - driven whims of a supposedly self - regulating tech platform, and, unfortunately for Facebook, big tech regulation is starting to look like something most people can get behind.

Alston and Hallie Lomax had taken computer science classes on a whim and fallen in love with the subject.

In a similar vein to the point above, nothing is more disastrous for a conversion rate optimization plan than deviating from it on a whim.

Trump is a man prone to emotional outbursts with little knowledge about public policy issues; it was easy to spin worst - case scenarios in which he might put the country in danger on a whim.

«Power that controls the economy should be in the hands of elected representatives of the people, not in the hands of an industrial oligarchy,» Justice William O. Douglas wrote.171 Decentralizing this power would ensure that «the fortunes of the people will not be dependent on the whim or caprice, the political prejudice, the emotional stability of a few self - appointed men.»

With our system, you don't have to worry about the whims of a single individual or that they'll wake up in a bad mood and decide to sell everything in your account because they're panicked over something they saw on TV.

«A growing underclass scrambling to make ends meet at the whim of increasingly picky and erratic employers, that number could balloon to 65 million within 10 years, or about half of the domestic workforce, warns Steven Hill in his troubling new book, Raw Deal.

Physical pleasure is fleeting, but even a lifetime of cheesecakes and other pleasures don't measure up to the long - term, rich and complex emotional reward of something I work for, like muscle definition on my abs, or being able to swim across the Hudson River on a whim, or to come in second in a footrace for the fun of it.

Somehow this is akin to the culture in many companies where you have a new program every quarter based on the whims of the Chief Executive.