Example sentences for: whimsy

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

  • His whimsy can be downright charming.

  • The presentation of these items is hushed and museumlike, with just dash of whimsy.

  • Donald Lyons of the Wall Street Journal says that "Parker lacks the whimsy and stupid Lucille Ball-like humor" to pull it off.

  • Before we could move on to the Republican tax cut, the Mexican banking crisis, or the fate of Taiwan, we found ourselves--to use a phrase from this unfortunate week--in a "graveyard spiral" of whimsy.

  • "Though it sets out to explain why this marriage is worth saving, [it] could prompt even single members of the audience to file for divorce" (Maslin, the New York Times ). Its main defect: Although the movie tries for the same combination of whimsy and insight Reiner captured in When Harry Met Sally ...


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