Words similar to vagaries

Example sentences for: vagaries

How can you use “vagaries” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Professor Norman Shapiro [XIV,2] makes a remark in his letter that I have often thought about, “the vagaries of eponymous celebrity.”
Regardless of vagaries in funding, we will remain in Harlem."
But when we take time to explore the vagaries of English, we find that hot dogs can be cold, darkrooms can be lit, nightmares can take place in broad daylight, midwives can be men, hours--especially happy hours and rush hours--can last longer than sixty minutes, ice cubes can be noncubic, tablecloths can be made of paper, silverware can be made of plastic, most telephones are dialed by being punched (or pushed?)
The article by Bill Bryson [XVII, 4] on the vagaries of English abroad unfortunately also serves to illustrate the lack of linguistic understanding which exists between our two countries.
English orthography's quixotic, chimerical vagaries, allowing such Cheshire-cat creations as ghoti (= fish, courtesy of G.B. Shaw) and Ghoughphthleightteeaux (= potatoes; see Firmage), are notorious.